consortiumnews.com - http://www.consortiumnews.com --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Dial 800-555-TELL. Instant updates - One free call\nSports, stocks, driving directions...& much more! http://on.linkexchange.com/?ATID=27&AID=2142 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Behind the scenes of George W. Bush's swearing in on Jan. 20 was a troubling new political reality in the United States. Though largely missed by the national press corps, the conservative-dominated federal judiciary was marking its success in changing the rules of American democracy. At the center of this remarkable power grab was U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who has worked over the past decade to transform the federal judiciary into the ultimate political weapon. The coup de grace was the court's 5-4 decision to enforce legal mumbo jumbo to overturn the will of the American voters in the presidential election. But the process has been under way since at least the early 1990s. For the full story, go to Consortiumnews.com at http://www.consortiumnews.com ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
