Roll right.

Yesterday saw the swearing in of new Supreme Court Justice, Samuel Alito. Liberals had been trying hard to prevent him from joining the highest court in America, but unfortunately, the Democrats didn't seem to care and admitted defeat (literally) before the vote had been taken. I read two months ago how his appointment to the Supreme Court will alter the balance of it's rulings for 30 years, and how he is likely to persue his well documented agenda as a radical right-winger.

It has been said that there will be none further right than him in the court, and he is likely to press for roll-backs on abortion and civil liberties in the face of police powers. The tainting of the much vaunted check-and-balance of the legislature and the executive is no mean feat, and ensures that the neo-con's legacy will live on in the judiciary long after the current corporate lap dog is gone.

You'd have thought that years of failed right wing policies and economics would have taught the voters something. But then, if Bush got elected again, even after the Iraq invasion, what is there left to be surprised about?