Links for 03/11/16 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: The SCOTUS case on DAPA and DACA hinges on whether the President's power to enforce the law can include the power to make exceptions from such enforcement for an entire class. This has nothing to do with the merits of one or another immigration program or its impact on Latinos. The ideal case is for law to change - and mostly on the Sanders model, which is much less punative than the plan which passed the Senate.
One can appreciate the richness of Jewishness and its sister cultures, Samaritanism and the Romany without giving the IDF a free pass to abuse Palesetinians in the territories. Giving the IDF that free pass is called Zionism - or to use the political term, neo-conservatism. Sadly, many who get all shmatlzy about Jewishness are not even aware that they are neo-cons. I could name one.
The SCOTUS has been politicized, although its an illusion that this occurs over either abortion or gay marriage, as seven of the eight surviving justices are safely in the pro-Roe category and all support gay marriage and gay rights (as fast as Congress can enact them). The majority of the cases are on business or administrative law and are usually also unanimous. Where there is a divide is on affirmative action and political speech - items that are essentially political - and it is there where the three swing votes (Roberts, Kennedy and Alito) make a difference. Of course, such cases are rare and the partisans on both sides will try to play this vacancy as if it has something to do with abortion or gay rigthts. That use is only for fundraising and a fifth Democratic appointee would pop that bubble for now, although Justice Ginsberg is also in her senior years. If she were to pass before the end of Obama's term, that would be a crisis if no replacement were allowed. Of course, the likelihood is that the Senate will be in Democratic hands for the last two weeks of Obama's term, so anything can happen.
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