Sunday, February 26, 2006
The Dread Chief Justice Roberts and his scurvy crew
Scalia, Alito and the cabin boy Thomas get a chance to do great damage to America this week. At issue, in two separate cases, is whether you can buy elections and whether you can gerrymander when ever you wish. The LA Times lays out the details of the two cases that will affect more than the basis legal issues.
The Supreme Court will take up states' rights — of both the blue- and red-state variety — in a pair of election-law cases to be heard this week that could have a big impact on the future of American politics.And so we will get to see if the Dread Chief Justice Roberts and his new second mate Alito are true magistrates or merely activist partisan hacks like the rest of the scurvy crew.
Tiny Vermont, a true blue state, hopes to restore small-town democracy by greatly limiting the role of money in politics. If its new spending caps win before the high court, they could change how campaigns are conducted across the nation.
Meanwhile, Texas, the biggest of the red states, is defending its right to redraw its electoral districts to give its GOP majority more seats in Congress. If its extraordinary mid-decade shift wins in the high court, other states have signaled they will do the same.
The pair of cases will also give strong clues about the court's newest members: Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.
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