http://billmoyers.com/2014/07/15/its-time-to-reform-the-supreme-court-here-are-five-ways-to-do-it/
The just-completed Supreme Court term was filled with deeply disturbing decisions. In Plumhoff v. Rickard,
the Court held that police can shoot at a car in a high speed chase to
get it to stop — and continue to shoot until it stops — even when the
basis for initially stopping the car was no more than a burnt out
headlight. In McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the
Court struck down limits on the total amount that a person can
contribute to candidates for federal office or political parties over a
two-year period. In McCullen v. Coakley, the Court declared a
Massachusetts law creating a 35-foot buffer zone around reproductive
health care facilities unconstitutional, thus leaving women seeking care
without adequate protection against harassment and putting in jeopardy
laws creating buffer zones around military funerals, cemeteries, and
places of worship. In Town of Greece v. Galloway, the Court
ruled that it is constitutional for a town board to have
Christian clergy recite explicitly Christian prayers before its
meetings. And in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the Court held for the
first time that for-profit companies have a right to the free exercise
of religion and may use it to deny women insurance coverage for
contraceptives.
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