Decius wrote:
]] And so it's come to this. The American people -- proud
]] heirs of a bold revolutionary spirit now marking the
]] 228th anniversary of its fiery eruption into the world --
]] have been reduced to thanking the robed Olympians on the
]] U.S. Supreme Court for preserving a few crumbs of the
]] nation's once-vast ancient liberties.
]
] Damn ...

I find this article rather ironic (hypocritical?) in the context of Chechnya today and Soviet/KGB practices of decades past.

RE: A Russian view of the Supreme Court Decision