I think the appointment of supreme court justices will be important, but not for the reasons you think.
When the founders of the US wrote the constitution, they found that the states would not approve it without adding some amendments, which are known as the bill of rights. Starting with FDR's court, the supreme court has chosen to ignore the 9th and 10th amendment in many cases.
Bush just wants to appoint justices who read. If the Democrats or Greens want the federal government to have unlimited power, why don't they just repeal some of those pesky earlier amendments, such as the 2d, 9th, or 10th.
While reading the report (I had an extra hour), I got the impression that different people wrote the different sections. The proposals in the second area seemed rather extreme. The most obvious one was the loss of anonymity. The approach for cable modems seemed to be that if different laws give different levels of protection, go with the one that gives citizens the least protection. By comparison, the discussion in the third area seemed like a breath of fresh air. Notice that they found that blocking and filtering software is not effective. They also suggested that parents get involved with their kids *gasp*.
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I think the appointment of supreme court justices will be important, but not for the reasons you think.
When the founders of the US wrote the constitution, they found that the states would not approve it without adding some amendments, which are known as the bill of rights. Starting with FDR's court, the supreme court has chosen to ignore the 9th and 10th amendment in many cases.
Bush just wants to appoint justices who read. If the Democrats or Greens want the federal government to have unlimited power, why don't they just repeal some of those pesky earlier amendments, such as the 2d, 9th, or 10th.
While reading the report (I had an extra hour), I got the impression that different people wrote the different sections.
The proposals in the second area seemed rather extreme. The most obvious one was the loss of anonymity. The approach for cable modems seemed to be that if different laws give different levels of protection, go with the one that gives citizens the least protection.
By comparison, the discussion in the third area seemed like a breath of fresh air. Notice that they found that blocking and filtering software is not effective. They also suggested that parents get involved with their kids *gasp*.