-Caveat Lector- >------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- >Date sent: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:44:12 -0800 (PST) >From: "Jack D. Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Politicians in Robes > >NATIVE INTELLIGENCE >A Column By >Jack D. Forbes >Native American Studies >University of California, Davis > > This column's focus: > POLITICIANS IN ROBES > AND THE THEFT OF THE PRESIDENCY > > In a 5-4 partisan decision the "conservative" members of the >Supreme Court demonstrated that their loyalties to the Republican Party >and to the plutocracy take precedence over the constitutional principles >which they have espoused. The supposed "conservative" "strict >constructionist" and "state's rights" members of the court, including >chief partisan Antonin Scalia, decided to become "loose constructionists" >and "big government federalists" in order to block a manual count, under >careful Florida judicial supervision, of Florida's uncounted ballots. > >It would appear that it will be a majority of the US Supreme Court which >will select the president, and not the voters or electors. But that fits in >well with the Bush campaign strategy which always saw Florida as a >"must-win" state. The Bushies apparently pulled out all the stops to block >as many African-Americans and Democrats from voting, or having their votes >counted. > >Interestingly, Chief Justice William Rehnquist has been alleged >to have organized similar harassment campaigns in south Phoenix in his >younger partisian politician days. Of course, the Republicans have long >played "hard ball" in terms of blocking people of color and immigrants >from voting (as in Orange County, California) or in terms of Nixon's >strategy of using the power of the incumbency to overwhelm his opponent >(and not just with the Watergate burglary of Democratic offices). > >Florida's scandal harks also back to the charges that George Bush (Senior) >and Ronald Reagan knew of a conspiracy with Iranian extremists to prolong >the embassy hostage crisis in 1980, thus leading to the defeat of >President Jimmy Carter. Subsequently, the Reagan administration made >illegal deals with Iran in the Iran-Contra scandal. Bush senior managed to >escape a trial but, in my opinion, the suspicion remains that he or his >cohorts were very much involved. The question still remains: why would the >Iranians have risked postponing a deal until after Reagan came to power? > >Regarding Florida, we read reports that the Bush machine (Jeb Bush is >governor) consistently has sought to block, by hook or crook, a manual >recounting of votes. They have sought to block and delay a full count >until it will be too late for the actual numbers to have any impact. The >US Supreme Court decision to block the counting in progress makes sense >only when seen as a partisan "coup d'�tat," a seizure of the presidency. >In an opposite maneuver, the Bush team has also sought to count absentee >ballots which resulted from an apparently illegal conspiracy between local >Republican officials in two counties and GOP party workers. The judicial >system, at this stage, seems to be willing to wink at this clear violation >of state law. Similarly, the violation of African-American voting rights >will likely be tossed off as a normal kind of political misbehavior. > >Antonin Scalia and his allies pretend to be strict constructionists and >conservatives. They are not. Instead they are legislating judges who >constantly invent judicial theories to advance the interests of wealthy >men, i.e., plutocrats. > >For example, they consistently seek to diminish the >authority of Indian tribes in spite of the absolutely clear language of >the constitution's commerce clause. This clause defines the power of the >federal government over Indian tribes and that power is strictly limited >to the regulation of commerce "with" the tribes and nothing more. But >Scalia and Clarence Thomas et al consistently seek to advance the >authority of "big government" at the expense of Native local >self-determination, citing not the constitution but judicially-invented >doctrines. > >Similarly, Scalia et al have overturned our constitutional >right to freedom of speech by allowing "money" to have free speech rather >than individual human beings. In other words, if we were in a crowded room >and one rich man had a microphone and sound system which he alone could >use he would have the right to blast his message to us, silencing all the >rest of us. That is neither conservative nor strict constructionist, but >totally invented. > >In any case, isn't the bottom line for the Bush campaign >and for the right-wing on the Supreme Court exactly the same: a fear that >Al Gore really won the popular vote in Florida? What happens next? Can the >US Senate censure the Supreme Court? Will some brave members of the House, >of both parties, refuse to accept any electors from Florida on the grounds >of possible fraud? Will the Florida Supreme Court rise up and challenge >Washington, D. C.? > >In the end, the precipitous action of the Politicians in Robes >have raised extremely serious questions about our US Supreme >Court. For example, shouldn't those appointed by Reagan-Bush or >Bush-Quayle have recused themselves, especially the latter? It may yet be >that one of the court Republicans will switch sides and allow counting to >resume. Is there enough time now? Will there be so many restrictions that >many votes will still remain uncounted? One sure thing: it seems clear >that the Electoral College is not the only part of our government in need >of reform! > >Professor Jack D. Forbes, Powhatan-Delaware, is the author of >AFRICANS AND NATIVE AMERICANS, ONLY APPROVED INDIANS, >RED BLOOD and other books. > >All rights reserved by Jack D. 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