OPENING DAY FOR THE ‘SUPREMES’
FIRST MONDAY OF OCTOBER THE SUPREME COURT
OPENS FOR BUSINESS—THIS YEAR—PRAYERS TO OPEN PUBLIC
MEETINGS; AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES; PRIVACY OF CELL PHONE PICS
AND TEXTS; RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN
BY MARY DE LA PEÑA, Esq.
This year the United States Supreme Court is taking up
multiple issues that have incredibly thorny side-issues, such as States rights
to use percentages for determining fair disparity of races at their
universities (long thought to be settled); the rights of people 19 and 20 to
purchase guns (also thought to be long settled); the right to use “Religious
Freedom” by companies seeking to deny women health coverage for reproductive
services (really? You white guys still
harping on this?); and the right to use prayer to open public meetings.
These are just a few of the issues the Supremes are
focusing on this year, but there are more.
Let’s see if they can F***-up our political process any more than they
did by dismantling our voter rights laws and our election finance laws. It appears that they are ready to do more
damage to our Republic by doing just that by taking up McClutchen v. FEC, which questions the limits on individual donors
to a campaign or candidate. Think the Koch
(I originally typed--Kock--was that intentional?) brothers and their
willingness to spend MILLIONS(!) on candidates and causes. They will soon own the process—SCARY!
Actually, I agree with the city leaders of Greece
City, New York in their desire to open their meetings with a prayer! For God’s sake, we need guidance from a power
much higher than what we have from our elected officials. We NEED MORE PRAYER. It doesn’t have to be denominational of any
kind, just ask for a Higher Power than who is sitting in the chairs to guide
them and lead them into some kind of wisdom—obviously they have none of their
own most of the time.
I really don’t care if 19 or 20 year olds can buy
guns. Most of my clients who are 13, 14,
15, have guns—can anyone say stolen? I
just don’t want AK-47’s on the street, and God forbid 50 Caliber rifles!
For the rest of you old white guys consumed with
women’s bodies—get over it! Just because
you haven’t had any of it in years
doesn’t mean you get to control our bodies now.
That means you Scalia, Alito, and Roberts! Leave our bodies, our reproductive systems
and our choices ALONE!
I will stay on top of this throughout the upcoming
sessions. It really is an obsession of
mine. Stay tuned for my over-blown
opinions and some legal analysis.
PEACE—OUT!
MARY DE LA
PEÑA, esq. and true independent.
