Supreme Court Justice Kagan Lights Up the Sky in Dissent

Four days after Independence Day, we find America is not now as independent as it was before The Supreme Court took another swipe at voting rights. Justice Elena Kagan is having none of it. Just when we thought Chief Justice John Roberts might be acquiring a conscience—perhaps steering decisions a bit more toward center—he stripped down to his skivvies and leapt into the pool with the conservative majority. What was at stake was only the rights of minorities to vote and when you’ve got a cushy lifetime appointment at the top of the social food-chain, who gives a shit about minorities? Certainly not the Chief Justice.

A brief history of how The Supremes failed America

I’ve always preferred The Supremes as a monicker for the nine robed potentates in Washington, because Motown was far closer to the American pulse than any court in the land. Plus, I would have loved to see Diana Ross in John Robert’s chair. But I digress…

Eleven years ago in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, T…