Political Real Talk

      The Supreme Court (as the Federalists intended) has tended to play a more conservative role in government, often siding with business interests against attempts to regulate commerce through legislation. However, in the public imagination, the court is seen as a crucial part of the civil rights movement, as the institution which finally ended legal segregation in the nation in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Ed. By looking at some of the most important cases to come through the Supreme Court we begin to understand better the dual role the court has played in American history. Earl Warren who was the supreme court justice delivered the ruling in one of the most important rulings in American history which were the Brown v. Board of Education (1954). State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment  I chose this article because it was the beginning of the great fight for civil rights that brought people like...

"We are in the midst of crisis is now well understood.  Our nation is at war against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred.  Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age.  Homes have been lost, jobs shed, businesses shuttered.  Our health care is too costly, our schools fail too many -- and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet. These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics.  Less measurable, but no less profound, is a sapping of confidence across our land; a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, that the next generation must lower its sights". (President Obama) The meaning of this passage is president Obama leading the world know the task that he was about to face. All of the things that Ob...