Playbill

April, 1979

We have a certain amount of control over two of our three branches of Government. The President and our legislators are elected by us. But the Supreme Court, the final arbiter of right and wrong in this country, is appointed by the President, and approved by the Senate. The system works when the Court has the interests of the people in mind. Unfortunately, the current Court was largely hand-picked by Richard Nixon at the height of his "law and order" frenzy and still reflects a lot of...