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Theodore D'Afflisio's avatar

While the report is disturbing and some of the comments illustrative of the anger felt by the population at large, everyone should concede that violence is not the answer while disentangling that from legitimate criticism ( I suppose he means Senator Sheldon Whitehouse) . Moreover, I learned as a student and as a Lecturer in American Government that rather than the newspaper accounts. I should turn to the actual decisions as handed down. Reading them was an eye-opener during the days of the Warren Court - Warren, Brennan. Marshall, Douglas, etc. what a golden era - and now Alito and Thomas, what does he really expect people to do or think. Reading their decisions is like watching time bend backward to a distant past most of us want no part of. We’ve struggled too long to get away from it and found relief when our Justices sought a “living constitution” open to the world as it is and is becoming rather than the narrow and squinting vision the Roberts Court - and yes, as your footnote makes clear, the reference can only be to Aileen Cannon, who deserves the obloquy directed at her.

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