As always Moyers show will offer what the TM rarely does, a conversation about this election's choice that will affect our lives for generations to come.
Legal affairs journalist Jeffrey Toobin joins Bill Moyers on the JOURNAL to discuss how our next president might shape the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, Toobin explains, is not separate from politics as popular imagination supposes.
You know, we talk about Supreme Court Justices often as if they exist in some sort of world apart from politics....And I think a rational view of the Court, is that it is part of politics. It is not separate from -- and the presidential election I think will determine the future of the Court for decades.
The Supreme Court is, by design, the least democratic of the three coequal branches of the Federal government. Appointed by the presidents to life terms, the nine justices wield tremendous power, and decisions of the Supreme Court have dramatically changed the way Americans live time and again. Yet the individual temperaments of justices and the inner workings of the court itself are seldom covered in the media.
None of us Kossacks need to reminded of what happens when the Supreme Court decides who will be our President.
BTW, being a glutton for punishment, I will be going to my sister's house this Sunday night to watch Recount on HBO.
Laura Dern as Katherine Harris is must see TV for me.
Also on Moyers tonight, a look into the plastic Bisphenol A.
There may be a potentially dangerous chemical leaching into our food from the containers that we use every day. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL and EXPOSÉ: AMERICA'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS examine why, even though studies show that the chemical Bisphenol A can cause cancer and other health problems in lab animals, the manufacturers, their lobbyists, and U.S. regulators say it's safe.
In a watchdog series for the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, a trio of reporters focused on Bisphenol A, a chemical contained in many plastics that is also found in 93% of human beings. The problem at issue? Congress ordered the federal government in 1996 to begin testing and regulating certain chemicals suspected of causing cancer and a host of developmental problems. Eleven years later, not a single compound has been put to that test.
We've got a beautiful new 5 week old in the family and at least the new Mom has been alerted to dangers of this plastic and baby bottles. Breast feeding for now, so it's not an issue.
As I along with all of you get so damned mired in the these last days of the candidate wars, just wanted to post what might become a weekly Friday reminder to log off for an hour and enjoy the man that Molly Ivins thought would make the best President evah!
Peace.