Alito & King
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006I wonder if there is some cosmic undercurrents in having Judge Alito sworn in to the Supreme Court on the same day the Correta Scott King dies?
Although these events are of course unrelated, the juxtaposition non-the-less gives one pause.
May the legacy of Mrs. King not yield to the forces that would undermine her and the march of Human Rights and Civic Progress.
In eulogizing her, on the very day that Alito swings the court far from the course of freedom that she lived for, I can think of no other words than those uttered by Lincoln himself at Gettysburg. How
true they still are:
“… we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
Rest in peace Mrs. King. Your cause lives on.