[lbo-talk] Tim Robbins speech at National Press Club--quite good

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Apr 17 08:43:33 PDT 2003


Dennis Perrin wrote:


>I think Robbins is on to something here, and I believe he's sincere. The
>Constitution and Bill of Rights are two radical documents that personified
>the 18th century Enlightenment

But the Consitution is also deeply conservative in many ways - the whole structure of the three branches is designed to dilute direct popular influence, and even within the legislative branch, the Senate serves that role.

Doug



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