This week, the big players in American democracy, media players, candidates, politicians, even passionate voters got a lesson in intelligent civic democracy from the quiet intensity of measured debate and smart talk from nine justices and a couple of top notch lawyers.
John Hockenberry reflects on the week of debates in the Supreme Court. It wasn’t just about the health care law this week, argues Hockenberry. It was the way the Court handled the issue — regardless of your political persuasion. The court made a real point about the value of a civic space free of noise and full of intelligence.
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