If you think Nazi zombies (see below) are bad, this new guy, Ross Doughhat, at the NYTimes has something even scarier for you - a biased Supreme Court, OMG hide under the bed quick!
Prior to 1954, the Court had struck down just 77 federal statutes in a century-and-a-half of jurisprudence; in the 50-odd years since, it’s overturned more than 80.
[From Op-Ed Columnist - Justices Gone Wild - NYTimes.com]
...something something etc. The Supremes are activists!
Doughhat fails to consider that maybe, just maybe, over the years in question legislators have simply become progressively more boneheaded (yeah, hard to believe, I know, but still) or just more productive ("This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer" –Will Rogers), not that it matters much what Doughhat things anyway. And to be charitable to Mr. Doughhat, replacing Bill Kristol, the Times' previous rightwing know-nothing, must be no easy job.
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