Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Was the Schiavo Case A Set Up?
Tragic Case and Hoopla Preceed Fight to Repeal Filabuster
You know, sometimes timing is everything. Could the timing of the Terry Schiavo controversy have been any better for the GOP as they prepare to gut the democratic tradition of the filabuster?
With all the conferences (see post below) calling on total elimination of the independent judiciary, it seems to set up the elimination of the filabuster as a more 'moderate' proposal.
Here we have a small, but motativated base of radicals calling for extensive curbs on an independent judiciary and what better way to do that then by eliminating the mechanism that requires concensus in nominating federal judges. Why is the filabuster important? Read my post from November right here...
What about the values and traditions of our democracy?
http://elephantontheedge.blogspot.com/2004/11/what-about-values-and-traditions-of.html
Alas, politics here in the Nations Capitol is becoming more and more Orwellian/Attwoodian.
You know, sometimes timing is everything. Could the timing of the Terry Schiavo controversy have been any better for the GOP as they prepare to gut the democratic tradition of the filabuster?
With all the conferences (see post below) calling on total elimination of the independent judiciary, it seems to set up the elimination of the filabuster as a more 'moderate' proposal.
Here we have a small, but motativated base of radicals calling for extensive curbs on an independent judiciary and what better way to do that then by eliminating the mechanism that requires concensus in nominating federal judges. Why is the filabuster important? Read my post from November right here...
What about the values and traditions of our democracy?
http://elephantontheedge.blogspot.com/2004/11/what-about-values-and-traditions-of.html
Alas, politics here in the Nations Capitol is becoming more and more Orwellian/Attwoodian.
