ET TU, BRUTE

The Republicans have been very clear that they seek the downfall of President Obama, missing that it is the downfall of the country as well should that happen. There used to be three branches of the government working for the good of the country.  Now it is down to one:  the Executive.  (the only one not currently in control of the far right and Republicans),  the Legislative (dedicated to obstructing any attempts on Obama's part to improve the mess the Republicans had made of the country in the eight years the Republicans were in charge), the Judicial (as we are now seeing the Roberts court as 5-4 in favor of greater government control rather than their professed wish to diminish the power of the federal government in favor of more local decision making by the states for themselves).

The latest Supreme Court decision on bearing arms makes it clear to me that interpreting the 'right to bear arms in militias', taken from a time at the beginning of this country which is less than relevant today with our Coast Guard and Armed services, when the crime rate is so high by illegal use of guns.  Guns today are less often used for personal defense or defense of the country by civilians.  However, the Roberts court seems more political and hypocritical than judicial in intent, with two major decisions recently.  Instead of interpreting the law to defend lives, they have chosen to discount them.  This hypocrisy from a group who reads the law to want bigger government control when it suits them, then limits government control when it doesn't suit them.  Read more here.

In January, the court ruled the government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections.  I fail to see how money from foreign corporations who might do some business in the United States translates to 'free speech' when it was never interpreted as such by Constitutional scholars in the past.  In my humble opinion, Chief Justice Roberts is as good for the Supreme Court as G W Bush was for the Presidency.  Read here.  We live in more divisive times in which we see power through money influence owning media outlets which brainwash the more than 50% of our people who do not take the time to understand and think for themselves.  Getting rid of the evils that have infiltrated our country is like trying to get rid of cockroaches.