Who is Packing the Supreme Court Now?
With the storm of really wild events overcoming the political scene in this great republic these days, it's difficult for me to focus on a single issue, but I should, and I have. The impending advise and consent charade by the U.S. Senate (previously known as "The World's Greatest Deliberative Body"). The resulting installation of another extremely far-right thinking justice is troubling. The actions of the Republican leadership and majority in the Senate as they race almost breathlessly to confirm Judge Barrett are gallingly hypocritical. I remember the same characters sanctimoniously blocking the nomination of Judge Garland far earlier in [...]