O'Connor retires -- Planned Rallies...
Now a week old, but still relevant... quick (low-res) photos from the Planned Parenthood of Metro Washington rally on Friday, July 1st.
Bonus: an inspired set of music from Mike (listen here):
The Soft Boys - "Sandra's Having her Brain Out"
Mesengers - "A Little bit for Sandy"
Waylon Jennings - "Sandy Sends her Best"
Larry Hall - "Sandy"
Ronny & the Daytonas - "Sandy"
Bobby Roberts - "Big Sandy"
Lesley Gore - "Summer and Sandy"
Bruce - "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)"
Joe Pass - "A Summer Song"
I'll likely have more to say once the nomination fight begins in earnest...
For now, while I don't personally have a single-issue litmus test for judicial nominations, I do believe in the independence of the judiciary and the need for adequate checks and balances in the U.S. system of government. It's sad to think that as a somewhat (though not tree-spiking radically) left-of-center citizen, I run the risk of being shut out of participating in the political discourse and process.
Once I get sufficiently upset, I'll come back with my thoughts on whether the current representative system (and the bicameral compromises of the 1780s) truly work as intended. I will give credit to the neocons for figuring out how to manipulate the system to their advantage -- but I haven't decided whether that means we need to close the loopholes and reform the system for the preservation of the republic.
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