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Old 05-28-2008, 01:01 PM   #28 (permalink)
Cynthetiq
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Originally Posted by Willravel
Apparently not any more.

Our SCOTUS is broken. We've lost civil liberties, equal protection, free speech... we've got school segregation. It's basically impossible to sue big corporations before the SCOTUS.

If they're going to be partisan, they should be elected.
and over time those things may change yet again.

you've had things like slavery, women's sufferage, prohibition all come and go... based on the CHECKS and BALANCES of the process.

i don't see where free speech is lost, where school is segregated... please explain.
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