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I predict that if Bush Co. and the financiers behind them get their way, they will have a system that totally caters to the interests of corporations and is slanted against the interests of workers/consumers.
There will be little if anything that could be done in the short-term if the courts are taken over because these are lifetime appointments. Sure, it's relatively easy to take back Congress compared to the courts, but even if Congress were to be recaptured, the frank truth of the matter is that any reforms passed would instantly be challenged in the courts by business interests trying to protect their profits.
What will the pro-business courts do? They'll kill the reforms dead in their tracks. You could pass a law making our election system totally subsidized by taxpayer dollars with a ban on outside special interest money, but what would stop the courts from killing such a law by upholding precedent that special interest donations are protected "free speech" under the 1st Amendment?
If this is the way this country is headed, and I think Alito is going to be confirmed, then there are going to be long-term consequences with a price tag far higher than you are willing to tolerate. There will be nothing stopping the roll-back of social programs because the pro-business courts would stop any effort to protect them.
If you thought the Democrats lack of a concerted effort to undo all the damage Reagan inflicted after he left office was bad, this will be worse because even if the Democratic leaders did wake up, it's probably already too late to stop the hemorrhaging.
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