The middle/upper class white liberals from the good side of town are just going to be treated like black and brown people, people from the coups in Brazil, Chile, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Italy, etc. and the liberals can't handle it. The minorities in america have been living under dictatorship/fascism since before this country was founded, protected by the beautiful constitution, which didn't know how to count slaves or native americans. The bill of rights means nothing to a slave or a black person or a brown person in america.
In retrospect, it's surprising how few of us recognized the far-reaching consequences of Bush vs. Gore. Most of us were shocked that the Supreme Court would rule in the way they did, but didn't think it would lead to where it did, which seems in retrospect inevitable. As I hear so many people say these days, the Republicans have been playing the long game, and it led to where we are in 2025 with no clear legal path out of this mess.
The case was decided the first year I studied what passes for law in this country, so its impact was not lost on me. Most who witnessed it more or less ignored its implications—both at the time and in the generation since then.
The middle/upper class white liberals from the good side of town are just going to be treated like black and brown people, people from the coups in Brazil, Chile, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Italy, etc. and the liberals can't handle it. The minorities in america have been living under dictatorship/fascism since before this country was founded, protected by the beautiful constitution, which didn't know how to count slaves or native americans. The bill of rights means nothing to a slave or a black person or a brown person in america.
In retrospect, it's surprising how few of us recognized the far-reaching consequences of Bush vs. Gore. Most of us were shocked that the Supreme Court would rule in the way they did, but didn't think it would lead to where it did, which seems in retrospect inevitable. As I hear so many people say these days, the Republicans have been playing the long game, and it led to where we are in 2025 with no clear legal path out of this mess.
The case was decided the first year I studied what passes for law in this country, so its impact was not lost on me. Most who witnessed it more or less ignored its implications—both at the time and in the generation since then.
The Huffpost articles seem to have issues. The first one appears to be truncated, and the second has a whole host of formatting and editing issues.
Yeah, I noticed. Hopefully Substack better preserves content going forward than Huffington Post has!