Reply #9: Agreed [View All]

With a right-wing stacked Supreme Court, there don't seem to be many operable checks and balances in the government today.

This lust to consolidate power and seize control from elected government officials is one of the most recent hallmarks of the right wing's activities in our country.

I saw this in play when the governor of Wisconsin started talking about seizing power over local governments a few months ago. His plan was modeled after one signed into law by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder that gave him unprecedented power to take over municipalities that he decided were in financial trouble. These powers including allowing him to fire elected public officials. In April, one of Snyder's appointees took control of Benton Harbor, Michigan, taking away all local control.

Just this past week, on July 20, 2011, the Rev. Jesse Jackson requested intervention by the U.S. Justice Department over the Michigan's financial takeover of Benton Harbor. Opponents of the takeover are working on a statewide referendum to repeal the law.