Posted on 06/28/2018 9:33:58 PM PDT by lowbuck
Yes it is difficult as it should be. If it was easy the constitution would cease to exist.
The real hell of it is many cases should not even reach the supreme court. It should be handled at the state level. An expansive federal government has reached deep into the states via activist federal courts deciding things they should not be involved with.
My whole adult life GOP POTUS’ have been betraying us on the SCOTUS, so forgive me for being cynical. I was one who naively made excuses for the O’Connor pick when everyone knew she was pro-abortion. RWR gave us Scalia. But also O’Connor & Kennedy + two more generations of abortion on demand. Bush I was worse. Bush II tried to put in that RINO woman but the whole party stopped him.
I hope I’m wrong, but I am very concerned that he will blow this. I’m rooting for Sen. Lee.
Scalia was on the better end of the spectrum, but Scalia was an authoritarian and a Statist. He also had little regard for that great institution that was responsible for justice in the Anglo Saxon world - the common law. It's principles underlie and lay the foundation for our constitution and its interpretation.
In other words, Kennedy's legacy was saved by the fact that, being a pervert himself, the last case he saved for the American people did not involve favoring the small, loud and uncompromising sicko segment of the American populace.
That's what I always thought. But I know a good libertarian who said Scalia was great on civil liberties. I guess he was a mixed bag.
Roberts & Alito are complete authoritarians. Hopefully, that kind of "conservatism" is dying out.
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