Friday, May 1, 2009

Supreme Court Vacancy

Hi

Today I would like to give you my take on the person who should be named to the United States Supreme Court. Not a specific name but rather the type of person that we need. My decision is based on certain assumptions which are listed below.
Te first assumption is that the United States Constitution is either a "living document" or a "document to be read exactly as written". This is a major difference between liberals and conservatives. Te liberals want it as a living document, conservatives disagree. I side with the conservatives. If the liberal interpretation were valid it would mean that e change the rules every time we see fit, and remember, since the court hears cases based on what has happened, it means that these rule changes are always after the facts. It makes no sense to me to run any thing in this manner, much less our nation. We don't even play a friendly game of cards unless we know the rules and no one in their right mind would play if the rules were changed haphazardly. Why run the country with less common sense than the way we play cards. Any one considered for the court should be a strict constructionist.
Now for the second part f my take, the judges should not make the law, that is up to congress. The judges should limit themselves to interpreting the laws laid down by congress, nothing else. Some sitting Supreme Court justices have suggested looking to foreign law to help interpret our laws. We live in our country, we are not concerned with any one else trying to pass laws which bind us. This country did very well without the laws of other countries, why start now. Congress should look into these factors before consenting on a nominee. Unfortunately the liberals in the Senate who vote on confirmation of justices have decided that politics play an important part. What a blatant grab of power, and a grab of the power of the people. Remember the quote by Abraham Lincoln, "Government of the people, by the people and for the people". I wish the senate would think this way.
Please pray for our brothers and sisters in our military, they deserve it.
GOD Bless

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