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The Gravel For 4/2/14: Why Isn't The Supreme Court Televised

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After today's latest monarchial, affluent, and elitist ruling by the John Roberts Corporate Court, allowing the Kochs and Adelsons of the world to spread their already toxic influence on American governing, it is once again salient to bring up this question I always ask: Why isn't the Supreme Court televised? I mean, seriously, this is something in 2014 that should long never be a question, but will continue to be for what I fear will be forever. Television hasn't stopped nutty Republicans (with the help of sellout and willing Democrats capitulating pure democratic principles) from awful ideas and bills passed in Congress, and you can't see lawmakers every steps no matter how much transparency was thrown during the Obama first campaign. But just imagine if there was no C-SPAN given to at least provide some visual evidence for how our public officials were either screwing us or actually fighting for our causes as general collective? It's the 35th anniv...

The Break #2/The Gravel For 4/9/10: Justice Stevens To Retire This Summer

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Photo from the AP's Charles Dharapak And so it is finally official in regards to win he was finally leaving. Supreme court Justice John Paul Stevens will retire this summer. The 89 year old Justice has been on the highest court in the land since 1975, and the search for his replacement will definitely now begin to officially emerge. And the fierce, ugly partisan nature of the Republican Party will certainly get higher and higher.