Lawrence Lessig Calls Glenn Greenwald's Critique Of Elena Kagan 'Absurd'

The republicans moved in because the left became so entrenched that they stopped listening to people who were on their side but also had ideas they wanted implemented.

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The sixties was a time where different populist minority groups came into their own all around the world, beginning with student protests at universities. Do you remember the free speech movement and Mario Savio, and the women's rights groups, blacks and hispanics, hippies, yippies, etc.? The Vietnam War was a rallying issue, but all these groups were kicked off by JFK's assassination, followed by MLK's and RFK's.



The unrest of those days was exhausting, and by the time the Vietnam War ended and Nixon resigned, the left thought their work was done. With Nixon gone and Republicans disgraced, with the Church Commission exposing their abuses and instituting changes to prevent government abuses again, it was time to get back to 'real life', i.e., college, work, making families, and so on.
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