On the Supreme Court's decision in the Ledbetter discrimination case, Ellis Cose makes two good points. The decision reveals the Court's new majority to be cold and nasty.
...The decision was striking for its lack of empathy, for its almost mocking view of Ledbetter's efforts to seek redress and for its lack of connection to the world as experienced by those totally lacking real power.
And it shows willful ignorance on the part of five Supreme Court members, including the Chief Justice, of the far-reaching effects of discrimination.
It is not a reassuring harbinger of what may come from this court—particularly when the impact of discrimination seems to know no time limits.
George Will writes today that we will be looking for competence in our next president.
Sure. Competence would be really good for a change. But competence will only go part way towards repairing the damage of the Bush administration. We also need a president who has lived in the real world, a president for whom decency and real world experience come first, and a president and congress with the political skill to do an end-run around the existing and future damage of the current Supreme Court.
I don't recommend Will's column. Unless you need a hollow laugh.
