COMMENT POSTED TO ARTICLE BY PAUL BUTLER IN THE GUARDIAN
Pushing the judicial
system to the right has been the objective of every Republican president since
Ronald Reagan. Now Trump is doing it
'The right-wing
takeover of the US court system will transform America"
Well, the author is right, but he's about fifty years late.
The US court system was hijacked by conservatives, extreme
conservatives, years ago.
The US Supreme Court today literally stands for almost
nothing.
The scholastic-like doctrine of "original intent"
(of the Constitution's authors), is dominant, and it has already been
withering.
Good God, the court ruled years ago that money was free
speech.
No single idea has been more destructive to America.
Politics and political office are literally a bidding war
for the favors of special interests.
American policies are the concepts of special interests, and
this has been destructive beyond telling.
Indeed, it is hard to see how the country can ever go back
to responsible government.
