06-26-2018, 03:01 PM
(06-26-2018, 02:36 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Not only that. I was thinking of all the people that worked hard in bringing about not just a change in laws but a change in minds. People like Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks and all the other unnamed people who gave their all in bringing about change.
One of the interesting things you can see in this country is that there have been many times when the interpretations/opinions by SCOTUS were more responsive to public opinion than elected officials have been. This has been on a decline since the Warren Court, but it is still true, to an extent, today. Look at the US v. Windsor and Obergefell v. Hodges opinions.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
