“He will not always
say
What you would have
him say,
But now and then he’ll do
Something Wonderful.”
Lyrics from "The King and I"
There have been many times the Roberts Supreme Court has let the American
People down, as in the case of the“Citizens United” ruling and again when they decided against keeping key
provisions intact from landmark Civil Rights protections dating back to the
1960’s. And the Supreme Court under Rehnquist and consisting of Scalia and Thomas
ruled in the Bush v Gore case where they basically gave the election to a man who did
not win the popular vote, nor, it turns out, the state of Florida upon which
they ruled in Bush’s favor. So to say that progressives have been unhappy with
the Supreme Court in the past two decades would be an understatement.
But then again they do Something Wonderful. Every now and
then, they get it right. Perhaps there will indeed have to be legislation
passed to eventually overturn the disastrous Citizens United ruling that has
unleashed the massive flood of dark money and super PAC’s, along with a tide of
billionaire backers of candidates who otherwise would be marginal. But at least
with the Roberts Court, to paraphrase Churchill, when all other avenues have
been exhausted, they turn around and do the right thing. Every now and again
they do…Something Wonderful.
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