Palibe chomwe chimayambitsa mantha pakati pa mabungwe omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe ndi ufulu wa amayi kuposa chiyembekezo choti Bush apanga zigawenga zandale ku Khothi Lalikulu la U.S. . Panthawi ya kampeni ya pulezidenti, Jesse Jackson, Purezidenti wa NAACP Kweisi Mfume, magulu ankhondo a akuluakulu a demokalase akuda, atsogoleri a NOW ndi Fund For a Feminist Majority nthawi zonse ankasokoneza masomphenya a Bush Bush akutaya oweruza ena monga Clarence Thomas ndi William Rehnquist. khoti. Iwo anachenjeza moyenerera kuti oweruzawa atha kuwononga kwambiri ufulu wa anthu, ndi chitetezo cha ufulu wa anthu ndi kukwaniritsa loto lakale la anthu amene ali ndi ufulu waukulu wogonjetsa Roe ndi Wade. Bush anakulitsa mantha awo polankhula mosamalitsa za nyama zosunga ziweto mawu omwe anthu omenyera ufulu wa anthu amatsutsa mfundo za chikhalidwe cha anthu komanso potchula ma judicial hard-liners, Thomas ndi Antonin Scalia oweruza omwe amawakonda kwambiri. Bush adzakhala ndi mwayi wosankha zingapo Khoti. Rehnquist ndi makumi asanu ndi atatu. Oweruza Sandra Day O’Conner, ndi John Paul Stevens ali ndi zaka za m’ma 70. Ndipo Ruth Bader Ginsberg walimbana ndi khansa. Oweruza yaogwila m’khoti. Oweruza asanu ndi awiri mwa oweruza XNUMX omwe alipo pano anasankhidwa ndi purezidenti wachipani cha Republican. Zosankha za Bush zitha kupanga zisankho zomwe zimakhudza zabwino ndi zoyipa, malamulo ndi ndale ku America kwazaka khumi zikubwerazi. Komabe, pamene Bush pa kampeni analonjeza kuti adzasankha oweruza ambiri monga Thomas ndi Scalia, mtundu woweruza yemwe angasankhe akhoza kukhala wosiyana kwambiri.
Texas ndiye chitsanzo chabwino kwambiri cha izi. Oweruza a Khothi Lalikulu la Texas la anthu asanu ndi anayi amasankhidwa. Pakali pano onse ndi aku Republican. M’zaka sikisi za za gavana wa ku Texas, Ngati bwanamkubwa wa ku Texas anasankhidwa kukhala bwanamkubwa wa ku Texas, anasankha anthu anayi ku khoti la ku Texas kuti akwaniritse zomwe zinali zitatsala pang'ono kutha. Palibe aliyense mwa anayiwo amene akugwirizana ndi chiphunzitso cha Thomas ndi Scalia chithunzi. Ndi achi Republican odziyimira pawokha ochokera kumitundu yosiyanasiyana komanso jenda . Amayamikiridwa kwambiri ndi akatswiri azamalamulo chifukwa chachilungamo komanso osakondera. M’chaka chathachi khoti la ku Texas linapereka zigamulo zoposa 100 pamilandu yosiyanasiyana, komanso milandu yokhudza ufulu wachibadwidwe. Pazochitikazi, omwe anasankhidwa ndi Bush sanaponye mavoti mwachisawawa ku ufulu wachibadwidwe, ) ) _ )_ li lizati tinali titi tabu ti ta boti silinasankhe mavoti, silinasankhe mavoti okhudza ufulu wa anthu.
Kuyang'ana kwawo pamilandu kunaonekera modabwitsa pa nkhani yofunika kwambiri ya ufulu wochotsa mimba. Ngakhale Bush akuganiza kuti Roe ndi Wade ndi zolakwika komanso kuti nkhani zochotsa mimba ndi nkhani za ufulu wa mayiko, iye sanatsatire mfundo zolondola kwambiri za Reagan ndi Bush ndi kupanga kuchotsa mimba kukhala mayeso a litmus posankha oweruza ake. Pamilandu ingapo ya 'Jane Doe' yomwe inatsutsa Malamulo a Boma oletsa Zidziwitso za Makolo kwa mwana amene akufuna kuchotsa mimba, atatu mwa anthu amene anasankhidwa ndi Bush anavota kuti kuchotsa mimba popanda chilolezo cha makolo kukhale kosavuta kupezedwa. Texas Watch, gulu loyang'anira anthu, lomwe limayang'anira mosamalitsa zigamulo za Texas's Court, limapereka mwayi kwa anthu amene anasankhidwa ndi a Bush kuti achotsa khotilo kuchokera ku kudana ndi ufulu wa ogula ndi ufulu wa anthu.
Ngakhale kuti osankhidwa a Bush ku khoti la ku Texas sakugwirizana ndi a Thomas kapena Scalia, izi sizikutanthauza kuti sadzayesedwa kwambiri kuti azisankha oweruza kukhoti la U.S. Yaikulu ya Spreme Court ndi kuphwanya ufulu wa anthu. kuchotsa mimba. Bush adzakakamizidwa kwambiri ndi magulu a kumanja kuti ayesenso kuyesa kwa litmus pazosankha zake. Koma Bush akuyeneranso kukumbukira zachisokonezo chimene chinachitikira a Bush Sr. pamene anasankha Thomas iyi akhale ya ufulu wa anthu, izi zinachititsa kuti anthu azitsutsa za ufulu wachibadwidwe komanso magulu a amayi.
Pomwe komiti ya Senate Yoweruza idagamula mlanduwo, iwo anaukira Capitol ndikupempha kuti a Thomas akanidwe. Zotsutsa zawo zidalimbitsa ma Komiti a Democrats omwe anachititsa Thomas umboni wamphamvu kwambiri, komanso wotopetsa. Ngakhale Thomas adadumphadumpha ndi magawo 52 mpaka 48 mu Senate, anthu angapo odziwika a Republican adaphwanya zipani kuti avotere kukana kusankhidwa kwake.
Bush adzaoneredwa pafupi kwambiri kuposa momwe abambo ake amakhalira ndi ufulu wachibadwidwe, magulu a azimayi ndi ma Democrat. Lingaliro lililonse loti akufuna kusankha a Thomas clone lingayambitse mkwiyo m’dziko, kukwiyitsa ma Democrats, omwe tsopano akufanana ndi manambala a Republican mu Senate, n’kumuika Bush ngati munthu kanthu wodera nkhawa kwambiri za kupititsa patsogolo ndondomeko yochepetsetsa kusiyana ndi kumanga. kugwirizana pazandale. Palibe chitsimikizo chakuti adzasonyeza nzeru ngati purezidenti monga momwe anachitira ku Texas ndi kusankha oweruza osakonda ndandanda, odekha osati munthu wonga Thomas m’khoti lapamwamba. Koma chitsimikizo ndi chakuti ngati angasankhe wina ngati iyeyo, mabungwe omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe komanso magulu aakazi akuyenera kutsata zotchinga kuti amutsutse.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson ndi mlembi wa The Disappearance of Black Leadership. imelo:[imelo ndiotetezedwa] Purezidenti wa National Alliance for Positive Action, imelo:[imelo ndiotetezedwa] Webusayiti: www.nataliance.org