Two teenagers burn the plastic and rubber off of copper wiring in a vast e-waste dump. The slum economy depends on separating garbage from reusable materials, which are then sold for small sums.
After it rules on the health-care debate and makes other momentous decisions this term, will the U.S. Supreme have sufficient stores of legitimacy to weather the inevitable backlash?
As we saw following Ronald Reagan's drubbing of Walter Mondale, the losing party will often try to define their defeat in a way that helps shape future strategy.