Amid blistering summer temperatures, a federal judge ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation, saying they face “substantial risk of injury or death.” The state immediately appealed the decision.
U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday, giving the state department of corrections seven days to provide a plan to improve conditions on the so-called farm line at Louisiana State Penitentiary, otherwise known as Angola.
You know how that movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? was supposed to take place in the 1930s? It didn’t. It just looks like the 1930s down there. Especially in attitude. Or maybe the 1830s.
After the Supreme Sham ruled last week we’ve gone back the the 18th century.
And the people that used to call themselves the Tea Party put those justices in the position to give us back the monarchy.