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Vybik Jon wrote: Hooray for the land of the free!
Free to do whatever the fuck it wants wherever it wants and bollocks to its people, the rest of the world, the planet.
The real power in American politics is with the Supreme Court. Presidents come and go, Senators and Congressmen can be voted out of office, but a Supreme Court Judge is for LIFE, or whenever they choose to retire.
Unfortunately, the Supreme Court is heavily stacked with Republican appointees.
Obama's choice to replace Sandra Day O'Conner will be welcomed by the left, but won't do much to rebalance the ideological cast of the court. The only thing we can hope for is that the worst of 'em drops dead while Obama is in office and can replace 'em with someone more progressive.
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