Every four years I remind others about how vital it is to elect the Democrat because of the potential threat of the Republican to appoint right-wing ideologues to the Supreme Court. And every four years, for some reason the press never picks up on how absolutely critical this is as a factor in choosing whom to vote for. (On the off chance that potential court appointments do come up, it is always cast as a "litmus test" for the Democrat on abortion, but never the other way around, although the right wing is far more strident about ensuring that the Republican meets their "litmus test.")
Now we have a ruling today that legitimizes photo IDs as necessary for voting, even if it creates a huge impediment. This a week or so after the court tells us that a little pain is OK when conducting executions. We get rulings like this because the press fails in its duty to inform the public of these potential consequences when electing a presidential candidate (yet another way in which we are poorly served by the press).
Just because Bush will be gone next year doesn't mean the damage he can cause will be over. His asshole court selections will ensure that we'll have pro-corporate, anti-individual rights rulings (and potentially an overturning of Roe v. Wade) for years.
One huge, yet usuaully neglected, reason to vote for the Democrat against McCain.



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Posted April 26, 2008 | 07:30 PM (EST)