Happy 231st Birthday, America!
Jul. 4th, 2007 08:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greybetaOn this 231st birthday of the United States of America, I have to ask a question. What's the big deal about the following Supreme Court ruling?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/06/16/MNGKKJFD5U1.DTL
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/06/16/MNGKKJFD5U1.DTL
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Date: 2007-07-06 08:44 pm (UTC)Oh, my forefathers, where has your dream gone?
Another failed democracy,
Another light lost
To the misled ambitions of man.
Why is this bad? Its horrible! Even if I were, say, a reasonable supporter of the republic instead of an idealistic anarchist I would be able to see the problems with this ruling. This is the government wrapping our constitutional rights in bureaucracy. Layers obfuscating the rights of the common person, keeping our civil liberties wrapped tight in circumstances and the opinion of the judicial branch.