Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, RI, has recently begun giving a series of speeches on the Senate floor in re dark money and the effect on the Supreme Court. The two so far have centered on Lewis Powell’s secret memo to the US Chamber of Commerce in 1971 just before his appointment to the US Supreme Court. The two speeches go a long way toward explaining the present makeup of the Court, how we got to this point, how capitalism works in America, southern aristocracy, our aristocracy, … . Herewith, for your perusal, are links to the videos of both the speeches along with copies of their transcripts.…Explains the slide toward reasserting elite control in reaction to the New Deal, spearheaded by Lewis Powell who was later rewarded by an appointment to the Supreme Court. Downhill from there. Sheldon Whitehouse is now throwing light on it.
Angry Bear
The Lewis Powell Court
Ken Melvin
Ancient history….
ReplyDeleteThe memo that everyone has heard about - and few have read.
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ReplyDeleteThe memo that everyone has heard about - and few have read.
ReplyDeleteI would assume that although many had heard about it, most have forgotten, and there are new generations of voting age that have never heard about it. Not they they will read it now, but it is at least being explained to them.
The question is whether the the media will echo it as a challenge to the current cultural narrative based on manipulation of power relationships that affect income and wealth distribution institutionally.