Some of the Supreme Court justices do not seem connected to the real world. The decision on the Voting Rights Act was made by men (and they were men) who either haven’t been reading the news about voter suppression laws or have chosen to ignore that news.
The decision on job discrimination claims, making it more difficult to sue employers, says that an employee who claims that he or she was a victim of retaliation must prove this was the sole reason for his or her firing, not one of several reasons. Since any employer can concoct reasons for firing, the Court has basically eliminated all job discrimination claims.
I hope future historians will note that while President Obama failed to accomplish much in his second term, he had a hostile Supreme Court and a hostile House of Representatives to stymie his every move. This is one dysfunctional government.
Two things..
ReplyDeleteWe need to build from the "middle out". Our nation needs policies which help the middle class. Sadly, very few of our national elected officials are middle class. In fact, most of them are from the top 1% of society.
Secondly, in 2008 everyone elected President Obama because he was the "Liberal". But, we have had very few "liberal" initiatives. Even when they had the House and the Senate, the only major piece of legislation passed was the ACA.
Meanwhile, politicos from the left are beginning to look to 2016. I already signed up for Hilary Clinton's campaign. Check out www.readyforhillary.com.
It's awfully early. Here is some good news, though. The Massachusetts Senate seat remains Democratic.
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