September 12, 2005

Supreme Court Nominee Hearings

For those of you who would like to see lots of political grandstanding and attempts to establish a litmus test for the Supreme Court nominee, you can see all of it right here.

As Ted Kennedy said, the Senate must determine whether Roberts "has demonstrated a commitment to the constitutional principles that have been so vital in advancing fairness, decency and equal opportunity in our society."

Too bad Kennedy doesn't really understand what "constitutional principles" are really about.

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The Constitution is a legal doucment, a contract between the people and the states and the federal government, based upon the principles enuniciated in the Decalaration of Independence.

I want judges who simply uphold and obey "the supreme law of the land" as it is written according to the rules of English grammar and understand that "they are bound thereby" (Article VI, Section 2. And they should understand that the other two branches of government are co-equal branches in that respect.

"The opinion which gives to judges the right to decide what laws are
constitutional and what not, not only for themselves in their sphere of action, but
for the legislative and executive also in their spheres, would make the
judiciary a despotic branch.
...Judges
should be withdrawn from the bench whose erroneous biases are leading us to
dissolution. It may, indeed, injure them in fame or in fortune; but it saves the
Republic, which is the first and supreme law." --Thomas Jefferson

"Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power
between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to
prevent abuse of power. However, where is the check on the power of the judiciary?
If we fail to check the power of the judiciary, I predict that we will
eventually live under judicial tyranny." -Patrick Henry

Posted by: Ron W at September 12, 2005 01:28 PM

Ted Kennedy might has well have said, "He must be committed to the judicial activism necesary to maintain the bizarre right of abortion, which does not exist in the constitution."

Posted by: Glen Dean at September 12, 2005 09:32 PM