Michael Podhorzer
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Former political director of the AFL-CIO. Senior fellow at CAP.
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https://www.weekendreading.net/ 02-06-2011 04:24:43
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Michael Podhorzer This all has led to one conclusion: a Supreme Court that's become an 'agenda-driven, unelected lawmaking body whose decisions have systematically been opposed by the majority of Americans.'
Decisions which have consistently resulted in rolling back our fundamental & civil rights.
Michael Podhorzer Whether it's the confirmation process that's become more contentious, or the decreasing number of Americans actually represented by the senators who confirmed these justices, the Roberts Court has become beholden to fewer and fewer people.
'It’s long past time to stop covering the Court as if it is anything other than an unaccountable super-legislature enacting an unpopular revanchist agenda.'
Must-read analysis by Michael Podhorzer: weekendreading.net/p/breaking-the…
As Michael Podhorzer aptly points out: 'five of the six Federalist Society justices on the Court were confirmed by senators representing less than half the US population.'
How's that for fair representation?
'Last year was widely hailed as a breakthrough for the American worker,' Michael Podhorzer writes. 'But you could just as easily say that worker power in America is as low as it has been in nearly a century': theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…