Posted on 08/05/2015 11:12:14 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Before long, there will be some vacancies on the Supreme Court. Americans who care about the relentless expansion of governmental power that’s turning us from a nation of free, self-reliant citizens into a gaggle of supplicants should start thinking about the kind of justice they’d like to see on the Court.
More precisely, they should start thinking about the kind of judicial philosophy they’d like to see.
The nation’s population of “progressives” (i.e., people who believe, contrary to all reason and evidence, that America needs still more government dictates) has had little if any occasion to lament the justices nominated by Democratic presidents. The “liberal” bloc on the Court hardly ever disappoints them.
In contrast, libertarians, conservatives, constitutionalists, and people who just dislike the Nanny State have often lamented the nominees of Republican presidents, including Earl Warren, William Brennan, Sandra Day O’Connor, David Souter, and most recently, John Roberts. Those justices often put their stamp of approval on federal powers that would have left the Founders aghast.
It is imperative that we avoid making similar mistakes in the future. I believe that the most effective way of identifying nominees who won’t turn tail when pressured to vote for unconstitutional power is to find judges who have expressed a coherent philosophy favoring liberty.
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Ted Cruz
I would nominate Robert Bork just to piss them off, knowing he would probably retire before the end of the term
Jay Sekulow, Ted Cruz, Mark Levin. The head of the SC of FL, Charles Canady, wouldn’t be too bad either.
Ted Cruz
NONE leave that spot BLANK, nothing in the US Constitution that says the “Supreme””Court” has to be 9 people(Lawyers). When you get down to the “Chief” “Justice” move him(or her) to a Broom Closet in the Basement of the Capitol Bldg.
Nine born-again Christians.
Mark Levin
Trey Gowdy.
If he's not elected president, this is where Ted Cruz is most needed ... and for a long, long time!
Andrew Napolitano.
Bork be deceased already.
UHH Robert Bork is dead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork
Joe Arpaio.. maybe not the best qualified, but he’d sure be a hoot!
Ted Cruz
A clone of Antonio Scalia or Clarence Thomas.
Mark Levin
Forgot about Andrew Napolitano.
Ted Cruz and Andrew Napolitano.
Isaac Parker but he’s been dead for years.
Roy Moore.
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