tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750244306663708036.post175199475478400963..comments2024-03-23T11:25:40.556-07:00Comments on Pa Rock's Ramble: Pa Rock Holds his Nose and Votes for HillaryPa Rockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16747526882424245608noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750244306663708036.post-32889803357025517142016-11-08T04:35:01.936-07:002016-11-08T04:35:01.936-07:00Voting against Ol' Roy had to be like using a ...Voting against Ol' Roy had to be like using a refreshing mouthwash after that top of ticket vote. What is at stake in today's election is the Supreme Court and while I'd prefer to have had Bernie making those picks, Hillary will do a competent job at getting us intelligent jurists. The wing of the bench that stands up against the Justices who support reactionary laws and causes is not liberal. The Court has become more reactionist over time. It is hard to conclude that we even have liberals or conservatives on the Supreme Court anymore. At least it won't get much worse under Hillary. I want to see jurists like Thurgood Marshall, William O. Douglas, or even a Louis Brandeis who taught jurists to look not just at the black and white letter of the law but at the statistical reality of how those laws were applied. It is said that fairness is the essence of Due Process. Without Brandeis blazing a trail of legal existentialism reactionary jurists would be left to check off boxes. Was there notice, yes; was there a hearing with an opportunity to be heard, sort of yes; was there a right to appeal, yes. Was the process fair, on paper yes. I digress.<br /><br />In the wake of Senator Eagleton leaving the McGovern campaign our Republican cohorts on campus used to joke of a ticket with Ted Kennedy and Tom Eagleton. They called it the Timex ticket, water proof and shock proof. Xobekimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973381691719755451noreply@blogger.com