Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Bush's Judges and the Federalist Society

I learned about the Federalist Society while listening to Terry Gross' program Fresh Air on NPR. It was quite chilling. The Federalist Society members want Judges appointed during the Bush administration that reflect their view of the constitution and interpretation of the constitution. This would turn us back to 70 years to a point in time when judges vetoed such things as child labor laws, equal protection under the law and environmental protection. Imagine a world prior to 1837, when the rich owned everything, and everyone else worked for them. For example, the Triangle Factory Fire in 1911 when workers worked long hours for low wages, in unsafe and unsanitary conditions, before unions were formed. Allowing Bush to pack the courts with these types of judges will turn back the clock on OSHA safety requirements, wages, working hours and of course, anything that benefits the employee that would cost the owner dollars and/or profit. We need to wake up and smell the coffee! Join your local Democratic party and/or Democracy For America. Our voices must be heard, if we want to protect the New Deal programs that helped our country grow to be the great place it is today. The least of these our brethren...we are responsible for our community and our country.

1 Comments:

Blogger Gladmomma said...

Yeah, my grandfather was part of the WPA program in the 40's and it allowed him to pull himself back to respectability. Now his son, my father, is an intractable Republican who thinks that FDR's contribution wasn't a worthy endeavor and in fact harmed our country. Go figure...

5:56 PM  

Post a Comment

<< Home