If Obama Loses: The Courts

[jsmirman]

21. We are pretty close to being unprotected by the courts already

but you are probably right that Kennedy lacks the utter conviction in things that are wrong to sign on to such a radical change.

But this Court (and the last few similar versions of it) have systematically stripped a citizen's ability to have a voice, to protect himself from corporate malfeasance, to defend himself from government-sponsored abuse, and to hold those who harm him accountable.

Between Citizen's United, the raising of impossibly high hurdles to prevent suits against environmental destruction and financial chicanery, upholding the Patriot Act, and AT&T v. Concepcion, you know, these folks have done a lot of damage already.

It's appalling. They are this close to convincing me to give up on a career fighting for what is right in the law and just going all in on business so that I can have enough money to support my viewpoints. That's messed up. I'm not so radical that my viewpoints aren't absolutely things that deserve their day in court under this Constitution.