Happy 150th Birthday, 14th Amendment
On July 9, the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution turns 150. On the same day, President Donald Trump will nominate a new Supreme Court justice to replace Anthony Kennedy, who, more than anyone else in America, has defined the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment for the past three decades.
The convergence of these momentous events is appropriate. Ratified in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment was originally intended to allow Congress and the courts to protect three fundamental values: racial equality, individual rights, and economic liberty. But the amendment was quickly eviscerated by the Court, and for nearly a century it protected economic liberty alone. Justice Kennedy embraced all three values of the Fourteenth Amendment, invoking it to protect reproductive autonomy and some forms of affirmative action, as well as to establish marriage equality, but also to limit federal economic regulations, such as the Affordable Care Act. His replacement will determine which vision of the amendment prevails for decades to come.
Full Article: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/happy-150th-birthday-14th-amendment/564566/
Damn!!!! He and his followers are gonna kill our country. I'm convinced this is a hostile takeover. From their raucous, noxious "election" campaign to Charlottesville. The attacks on senior citizens (medicare and social security) and the healthcare of all Americans, slowly killing the Affordable Care Act. Then they start ripping babies from their parents arms. All this and more meant to sow discontent, hate and division.
Now we see republicon senators meeting with KGB agents in Moscow during our independence day celebrations. What are they plotting next, with Putin and Trump meeting privately in about a week?
Let's see tomorrow, the day he said he will name his Supreme Court pick. On the 150th anniversary of the 14th Amendment. Is the timing a coincidence? I fear not. This all feels like it is slowly suffocating us.
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