Category Archives: Supreme Court

Drop Your Drawers and Bend Over For America

BPR Quote of the Day  “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin

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The Greatest Hits of Clarence Thomas

    New Blank Book Proposal (by Arlen Grossman/The Big Picture Report):      THE COLLECTED GREATEST ORAL         ARGUMENTS OF JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS The Best Arguments, Questions, and Observations of Justice Clarence Thomas from  Supreme Court Oral … Continue reading

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Hedges: “The Iron Doors of the Corporate State are Slamming Shut.”

Supreme Court Likely to Endorse Obama’s War on Whistle-Blowers by Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ March 12, 2012 Totalitarian systems disempower an unsuspecting population by gradually making legal what was once illegal. They incrementally corrupt and distort law to exclusively serve the … Continue reading

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BPR Quote of the Day: T. Roosevelt: “Drive the Special Interests Out of Politics”

I think it fair to say Teddy Roosevelt would not be a fan of the Roberts Supreme Court, nor would he be a Republican today. “…our government, National and State, must be freed from the sinister influence or control of … Continue reading

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BPR Quote of the Day: What is a Corporation?

“Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.”  Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

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