Stripped!
Conservative, activist Supreme Court Justices ruled by a 5-4 vote that “officials may strip-search people arrested for ANY offense, however, minor, before admitting them to jails even if the officials have NO reason to suspect the presence of contraband”! The case was brought before the Supreme Court on behalf of an Afro-American who was “strip-searched twice after being WRONGLY detained over a fine.” Federal appeals courts “had been split on the question though most of them “prohibited strip-searches unless they were based on a REASONABLE suspicion that contraband was present.” According to the opinions of lower courts, “people have been subjected to the humiliation of a visual strip-search after being arrested for driving with a noisy muffler, failing to use a turn signal and riding a bicycle without an audible bell”! “ (The New York Times)
Do you realize how monumental this decision is? It pretty much ranks up there with the conservative activist Supreme Court decision that ‘elected’ a president!
Now you know why TEA PARTIED REPUBLICAN Congressional members have been BLOCKING President Obama’s nominations for NINE state federal justices for OVER A YEAR. If they have a majority of ideological, conservative, activist judges at the state levels, conservative activist Supreme Court Justices nominated by Republican presidents won’t need to hear, deliberate or dig up prior ‘grey area’ decisions to support their ideological, Right Wing causes. All they will need to do is sign on the dotted line.
The only way WE can ensure UNBIASED JUDICIAL DECISIONS at the state AND Supreme Court levels, is to make sure extreme, Right Wing agenda Republican governors, state legislatures, attorney generals, Congressional and presidential candidates don’t get elected or reelected in November.
Don’t forget that REPUBLICAN elected officials are banking on the possibility that their state- legislated voter suppression laws will guarantee their blatant, unapologetic push for EXTREME Right Wing agendas against women, voting rights, civil rights, and affordable health care at the gubernatorial, state legislature, congressional and judicial levels in November. Prove them wrong!
REGISTER; VERIFY YOUR CURRENT REGISTRATION STATUS, SPREAD THE WORD, AND VOTE!
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