So apparently Nebraskan judges don't have to recuse themselves from an abortion case if they're heavily invested in the issue politically, and they get to impose their biases on the case before them.
And the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld this bullshit.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country proceeds with Obamacare. But not Nebraska, where our governor is more interested in fighting Obama than letting a fully-funded Medicaid extension reach our state's poor. I and most of my friends will go without healthcare because of him and his recalcitrance. May future generations remember him as a spiteful waste of votes.
This state used to be pretty awesome, but now it's going to the dogs in a hurry. The Republicans are ruining one of the greatest places in America. Everything I've bitched about lately - the money hunger of Chadron State, the shutdown, and now this - is directly related to their inordinate power to ruin the government on all levels, impose their bigotry on the populace because "small government" only applies to the rich, and defund any and every worthy public endeavor.
Similar things are happening in Wisconsin. Walker refusing to work with the government and take federal funds for the new healthcare law. Walker making all sorts of changes that caused the protests in the capitol building a couple of years ago. Experienced teachers retiring early because of the changes. Cities and counties making deep budget cuts because of the lack of help from the state, yet they're forbidden to raise taxes much to make up for it. He wanted to go after recycling, too, but I believe that was set aside. Now our state-run health insurance has been severely cut back, forcing people onto the federal exchanges.
ReplyDeleteMy son was on BadgerCare for a while because my husband worked for Scrooge and we couldn't afford health insurance; the less you make, the less you have to pay. It's decent coverage. But now a bunch of people have been kicked off just in time for the exchanges to open. Yet Walker doesn't support the exchanges.
All the things that I've loved about this state, he's been dismantling. :P Yet to many, he's the Savior of Wisconsin.
I can only hope that this shutdown breaks the Tea Party fever for good.
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