ABSTRACT
Robert Kennedy remained loyal to the basically humane commitments of liberalism as a tradition and the institutionalization of those commitments. He did not like all "liberal politics" or all liberals, but he did remain true to values that reinforced and protected the human rights and dignity of the person—whatever political label one might ascribe to those values. Kennedy wanted the voices of those at the bottom of the well to be heard. He wanted to create a socioeconomic and sociopolitical climate in which the fullest expression of the rights and dignity of the poor and dispossessed could be realized as empowered citizens. The Minutemen and the Revolutionary Action Movement agree only on one thing—that they have the right to use guns and violence against fellow citizens with whom they disagree. The right-wing drift was accelerated and complemented by a host of right-wing US Supreme Court appointments that eventually led to a right-wing effort to remake the entire federal courts system.
