Amy we will discuss Merrick Garlands record with terry oneill, president of the National Organization for women and Ian Millhiser, author of, injustices the Supreme Courts history of comforting the comfortable and afflicting the afflicted. Then to one of the Worst Supreme Court rulings in history. We will speak to adam cohen, author of, imbeciles the Supreme Court, american eugenics, and the sterilization of carrie buck. This was a case about a poor woman, nothing was wrong with her but being feebleminded. As a result with the endorsement of the Supreme Court, they sterilized her against her will and during that time, about 70,000 americans were sterilized. Amy judge Oliver Wendell holmes with the majority opinion to bring three generations of imbeciles are enough. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. After weeks of speculation president obama has announced , his nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin
Nomination not with the intent of seeing the nominee confirmed, but in order to politicize it for purposes of the election. Amy we will discuss rrick garlands record with terry oneill, president of the National Organization for women and Ian Millhiser, author of, injustices the Supreme Courts history of comforting the comfortable and afflicting the afflicted. Then to one of the Worst Supreme Court rulings in history. We will speak to adam cohen, author of, imbeciles the Supreme Court, american eugenics, and the sterilization of carrie buck. This was a case about a poor woman, nothing was wrong with her but being feebleminded. As a result with the endorsement of the Supreme Court, they sterilized her against her will and during that time, about 70,000 americans were sterilized. Amy judge Oliver Wendell holmes with the majority opinion to bring three generations of imbeciles are enough. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report.