Thursday, July 05, 2007

Subject: Legacy: In 18 months, the Bush presidency will be over, and not a moment too soon for many Americans. Unfortunately, his legacy will live on in the Supreme Court, which by its recent rulings has shown its true colors as a far-right juggernaut. The tragedy is that Bush, who likely will be judged by history as the least competent, most divisive and certainly the most stridently anti-intellectual commander in chief in the nation's history, can continue to poison our nation's legal system long after his departure from office. The Supreme Court, in its decisions handed down during its just-completed term, certainly demonstrated that elections have consequences. On issue after issue, from campaign finance to abortion to racial preferences to free speech, the court lurched to the right, ignoring established precedent in the process. During their confirmation hearings, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. promised they would abide by the doctrine of stare decisis — to stand by things decided. Yet both combined to be the swing votes in several 5-4 decisions reversing long-standing Supreme Court precedent. Roberts and Alito clearly lied under oath while being confirmed by the Senate and should be impeached and removed from the bench. D

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