Showing posts with label Supreme Court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Supreme Court. Show all posts

Sunday, February 5, 2017

The Supreme Court.

Transition, Transformation and Radical Thinking.

We've covered what transition means for the two Major players in the U.S government. We have also tackled what it means for the presidency (seeming to talk directly to the new leader). Now we will look at another Branch of Government. The Supreme Court.
When Clarence Thomas joined the Elite Group of judges the process by which he was selected was very rough. You could say it was a decade of scandals in Washington. But he was a pivotal conservative African American figure. What he went through had such a numbing effect on him that he often regrets accepting the call to the Court.
The next major hurdle that brought the Highest court to our attention was the Battle for Florida and the questions regarding 'chads'. Little marking on ballot papers that were used in deciding the closeness of the pole results. Visibly shaken members of the court were later seen also looking visibly shaken by the ordeal of having to decide on a very close race.
In my view this was one step that led to the changes (10 years or so later) that we saw in the key state of Florida which incidentally was being run Jeb Bush. Florida was always going to be controversial because of its closeness to Cuba and the presence of so many dissidents. The same group was very vocal in the past government's monumental decisions to restore diplomatic relations with the long time foe.
We are going to see much more tension with other governments and the dissidents that have stood against them now that the one hundred and twenty day freeze on immigration has been enacted. The result is that those that have once opposed their governments and spoken against them will find fewer peaceful options favoring violence as a means of gaining power. This will be played out in Syria, Egypt, Somalia, Iraq, Iran and many more. Many who have in the past spoken against hostile governments have often found solace in American Universities as lecturers and professors of literature and politics. This ban changes this or at least makes it harder to benefit from the gifts that amnesty provides.
There are others who have had to bear the brunt of these massive changes in policy that will speak again or wait for 'I told you so moments'. In addition we will see and have already seen a resurgent Russia which in all fairness we were unable to tame except when it came to the creations of missile Defence systems which we deployed in lands that were partners in NATO. There is a feeling that the Oligarchs that supported the regime are being rewarded or replicated with some of the cabinet positions but bigger changes in the highest court of the land will bring the Nation back to a system that will resemble that of the Patriarch and his successor both of whom created and took over a system that was working to weaken Russia. Remember it was during Ronald Reagan's presidency with his trio of power brokers (Thatcher, Kohl and Gorbachev) when the Iron Curtain began to fall with repercussions in most of Eastern Europe.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

A Repeat of History-Some thoughts on the race for the white house

As we or the Americans for that matter begin to prepare for the race to the White House, we can already see a certain coagulation of power
around some rather familiar families.
We are speaking here about the Bush Family and the Clinton Family. From the latter, we are expecting Hillary-A seasoned diplomat to take the front row
seat and to at least return the family to the oval office.
Her husband and colleague an obvious asset to the Democratic Party will be by her side advising and helping steer the campaign. We are not certain if the drive for change that swept B.H.O into the Oval Office will bring
about yet another change-this time in favour of Women.
We are quite sure that she will have her detractors which is why in this regard i have pushed for the emergence of another of the Clinton family...much younger and with her own share of experiences but untested in the political sphere.
If the American were to rally any of the Clintons, surely this one would be it. But that would mean waiting in the tow and earning a little more experience.
The Bush family has also experienced quite a revival partly caused by some of the residue from Junior speech in which he reminded the Americans that they were addicted to oil.
 The Question is whether or not the country as a whole is ready for another Bush and if the republicans can trust this version of the famous family to take the seat.

We have seen few candidates with Military Experience which will prove valuable in the days to come, and the system as it stands seems to be be readying itself for a lot more engagement.

So maybe this time around the people will make a choice to move further and deeper with the change as they saw it communicated in 2008 or on the other hand though,they could decide to return to those things which are
more predictable and stable.

But the emergence of a candidate from Florida (Bush) and the Historical Swing states will still prove as valuable as they have continued to be in all of the recent previous elections. We also think that the minorities will play a major role. We are not certain which party will benefit from the changes that have taken place in Cuba and if as before the Supreme Court will be asked to step in. 
Only time will tell but what is interesting is the cover of the International Economist dated April 22nd-28th 2006 in which we see a democrat in the background and a fight on the whole against the Bush Family.