{"id":6349,"date":"2013-06-26T19:06:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T01:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=6349"},"modified":"2013-06-26T19:06:46","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T01:06:46","slug":"whenever-conservatives-on-the-court-have-had-the-opportunity-to-tilt-the-playing-field-toward-their-side-they-have-done-so-e-j-dionne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/whenever-conservatives-on-the-court-have-had-the-opportunity-to-tilt-the-playing-field-toward-their-side-they-have-done-so-e-j-dionne\/","title":{"rendered":"“Whenever conservatives on the court have had the opportunity to tilt the playing field toward their side, they have done so.” – E.J. Dionne"},"content":{"rendered":"

E.J. Dionne: The Supreme Court furthers conservative goals – The Washington Post<\/a> <\/p>\n

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on issues directly related to political and economic influence, the court\u2019s conservative majority is operating as a political faction, determined to shape a future in which progressives will find themselves at a disadvantage. \u2026<\/p>\n

Whenever conservatives on the court have had the opportunity to tilt the playing field toward their side, they have done so. \u2026<\/p>\n

In less-diplomatic language, existing majorities may try to fix election laws to make it far more difficult for their opponents to toss them from power in later elections. Republican legislatures around the country have passed a spate of voter suppression laws disguised as efforts to guarantee electoral \u201cintegrity\u201d for just this purpose. \u2026<\/p>\n

This is not an argument about what the Constitution says. It is a battle for power. And, despite scattered liberal triumphs, it is a battle that conservatives are winning.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

E.J. Dionne: The Supreme Court furthers conservative goals – The Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

E.J. Dionne: The Supreme Court furthers conservative goals – The Washington Post on issues directly related to political and economic influence, the court\u2019s conservative majority is operating as a political faction, determined to shape a future in which progressives will find themselves at a disadvantage. \u2026 Whenever conservatives on the court have had the opportunity … Continue reading “Whenever conservatives on the court have had the opportunity to tilt the playing field toward their side, they have done so.” – E.J. Dionne<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election","category-nada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}