“By keeping this latter claim alive, the majority fans the flames of perniciously irresponsible racial name-calling,” wrote Judge Edith J. Jones.

Given that “Born in the U.S.A.” has so consistently and perniciously been misunderstood, I would suggest that the music actually works against the message.

The Washington Post’s Matt O’Brien added, “The idea that the U.S. government is insolvent right now is so perniciously stupid. I can’t even.”