1. An act of extreme stupidity by the U.S. Supreme Court.
2. An attempt to undermine democracy or destroy human rights through judicial fiat.
3. What happens when a bunch of clueless lawyers pretend to be God.
Notable examples include:
-- The recent (2010) decision to allow unlimited corporate and interest group contributions to U.S. political campaigns.
-- The Buck
vs.
Bell ruling that permitted forced sterilization of the mentall ill. Justice Holmes said at the
time: “Three generations of imbeciles are enough.”
-- The Dred Scott
case that invalidated restrictions on slavery, while mandating that all African-
Americans be treated as "property" in the eyes of the law.
-- Plessy v. Ferguson, which formally legalized segregation, Jim
Crow laws and minority disenfranchisement throughout the nation.
The highest court in the land committed another act of Supreme
Stupidity in January
2010 when it opened the floodgates to unlimited corporate cash in the
election process. Can you say "plutocracy?" Sure you can!
