[ForGod'sSake]

Cheese anyone???

[billbears]

The Rehnquist era started the shift of the power to the states and away from the federal government - away from the Congress, away from the federal agencies, away from the regulatory system created to protect employees, consumers, investors - the people of America

The Roberts-Scalia-Alito-Thomas-Kennedy Court will not only continue the work of the Rehnquist Court and make the rightward turn more dramatic - it will also preside over the expansion of presidential powers in ways never before imagined.

Excuse me? How can the ideals of the Rehnquist era of returning to federalism be continued if the Court will further expand the powers of the Executive Branch? Unfortunately, after reading the Scalia opinion today, this guy probably has it backwards. With the recent nominations this may end up being the most federally minded (national supremacy) court in recent history. Thomas, even though he agreed with Scalia and Roberts in a separate decision, may be the only conservative on the bench that still understands the ideals of federalism and the correct position of states' rights.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

I think if Ben Franklin or any of the Founding Fathers could see America today, they'd be hard-pressed to find anything in the Democratic Party that represented what they created.

[Jedi Jake]

So this is how liberty dies ~ Senator Amidala