But now, with real American fascism just a few more judicial appointments away, the Wealthy-Elite have grown impatient. They see their chance to make 'Their Property Right' the law of the land and finally sweep away all those pesky civil rights, once and for all.
Lobby backs Bush's picks for judges
By Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON - A powerful business lobby is preparing a multimillion-dollar campaign to aid the White House in its quest to win approval for conservative judges, a move that could transform the ideological battles over the federal judiciary and the Supreme Court. ...
The engineer is longtime Bush friend and former Michigan Gov. John Engler, who recently took the helm of the National Association of Manufacturers, which represents such large, blue-chip firms as Boeing and General Motors, as well as 10,000 small and medium-sized manufacturers. ...
He said federal judicial-confirmation debates are important to business, particularly because of judges' roles in civil cases.
"There has been too much of a tendency in the past to cast these judgeship battles as a social debate about abortion or gay rights," Engler said. "In fact, there are very few of those cases in contrast to those dealing with the tort system and the rights of individuals and companies." ...
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