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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsToday 10/6/2018 the U.S. Senate is going to vote on one Brett Kavanaugh
Ian Milhiser wrote a book that was published in 2015...............called:
Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted
by Ian Millhiser
https://musewire.com/book-review-supreme-injustice-in-injustices-the-supreme-courts-history-of-comforting-the-comfortable/
https://www.thenation.com/authors/ian-millhiser/
https://www.americanprogress.org/about/staff/millhiser-ian/bio/
dalton99a
(81,543 posts)Confirming Kavanaugh: A Triumph for Conservatives, but a Blow to the Courts Image
I have complete confidence in the capability of my colleagues to determine when recusal is warranted, Chief Justice Roberts wrote. They are jurists of exceptional integrity and experience whose character and fitness have been examined through a rigorous appointment and confirmation process.
What a fucking joke
turbinetree
(24,709 posts)I get the American Prospect Magazine and after I read this article, I knew that we were screwed over more when coupled with the Citizens United decision and the Gore vs Bush decision, and the Shelby vs Holder decision
http://prospect.org/article/roberts-rules-protecting-corporations
http://prospect.org/article/repealing-20th-century
Even thou we have in the Constitution the right to sue and have our grievances addressed, he cut that leg out from under us and this jerk ever since he became a lawyer hates the poor and the middle class>
He is another supporter of the libertarian Federalist Society, and the "guy" in this below article is a KOCH operative and has been for an extremely long time
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/17/the-conservative-pipeline-to-the-supreme-court
Nancy Maclean: Democracy in Chains
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30011020-democracy-in-chains