The decision of a single Justice in the Guantanamo/habeus corpus decision preserved our Constitution. That terrifies me.
The fact that four Justices would advocate suspending our guaranteed constitutional rights in the absence of war or insurrection is terrifying. This country is in a crisis that most people don't recognize. The problem is bigger and more extensive than political parties. The problem is the slide into being governed by corporatocracies--part of what Eisenhower meant when he warned us about "the military-industrial complex".
Here's how I think "5 to 4" arose out of a Media Monopoly, and some ideas about solutions:
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