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The Supreme Court

Having dropped all camouflage of non-partisanship by selecting George Bush as president of the United States, although he did not win--not even Florida--the so-called Supreme Court (Extreme Court) is now apparently emboldened in going about altering the political landscape of the country, aiming at civil rights especially, knocking down some of the hard-fought gains minorities have made....  The democrats, of course,  are not blameless.  They have been constantly acquiescing as they watch this sad erosion.  The so-called liberal press was a main culprit in allowing the selection of Bush; they were led by the New York Times, the first newspaper to call for Gore to pull out, even before all the irregularities of the Miami voting had been exposed.  That single action emboldened the Republicans to charge forth in their coup to seize the government.  Sad times for the country. Fortunately there now are occurring some acts of  resistance and courage, notably Senator Jerrold's brave defection from the right wing.  Perhaps that will embolden the seemingly somnolent Democrats to oppose the mounting reactionary tide of  selected-president Bush and his chilling gang.

John Rechy
Los Angeles, California
May 2001


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