I can safely say that I know virtually nothing about constitutional law and what little I do know is no doubt more a burden than a benefit when it comes to offering an opinion on such - but, god damn it, I gotta agree with George Will in today's Washington Post: it's pretty troubling that the liberal judges of the court uniformly could not bring themselves to see the merits of Ricci over the city of New Haven. Just as a matter of common sense it seems pretty clear that the fire fighters were denied promotion because they were white - yet the liberal judges seem willing to hang from the most tenuous thread of logic in attempt to avoid that reality and preserve a liberal agenda. What the fuck? If the conservatives on the court were to bowdlerize law with ideology in the same way [and they often have I believe] over some Ten Commandments bullshit or whatever liberals everywhere would be beside themselves with outrage - yet when the tables are turned suddenly it's okay.
Don't get me wrong, I have no great love for the conservatives on the court - but by the same token there's ample reason to fear Obama hanging around long enough to turn the court left. One thing is clear, the more politicized the court becomes the more politicized it will become - if one ideology fears it is threatened by agenda of another that tends to enhance differences and antagonisms, not mitigate them. I don't see how the court, given its current structure and the way its members are ordained, has a viable future - appears hopelessly compromised by politics.
