Saturday, January 9, 2016

Hillary Clinton's Op-Ed on Supreme Court Appointments







There’s a lot at stake in this election. Nowhere is this clearer than in the US Supreme Court.
The court’s decisions have a profound impact on American families. In the past two decades alone, it effectively declared George W. Bush president, significantly weakened the Voting Rights Act, and opened the door to a flood of unaccountable money in our politics. It also made same-sex marriage legal nationwide, preserved the Affordable Care Act not once but twice, and ensured equal access to education for women.

Agree or disagree with them — and most of us have done both over the years — there’s no question that who sits on the court matters a great deal.

On Election Day, three of the current justices will be over 80 years old, which is past the court’s average retirement age. The next president could easily appoint more than one justice. That makes this a make-or-break moment — for the court and our country.

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A nod here to George Lakoff, the czar of framing. When Republican say they want to "Take America back," they mean back in time.

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