There are also questions of whether the Supreme Court & GOP are engaged in a self-perpetuating cycle of misconduct: The Supreme Court appointed George W Bush president, Bush then appointed 2 conservative justices to the Supreme Court (Alito and Roberts) and the conservative majority then ruled on the Citizens United case allowing Republicans to gerrymander Congressional Districts and take over the House of Representatives (http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/BushLegacy/story?id=6597342).
If this sounds like a 'velvet' coup d'etat, it is.
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