"Deeply held beliefs"
The left is already begining to stir up opposition to Judge Roberts nomination/confirmation because he is a Roman Catholic. See this article by Robert Novack. Apparantely, religious beliefs now disqualify a person from being a Supreme Court Justice. The concern of the left is that a Catholic's deeply held beliefs are too ingrained for him or her to make any type of judgment not 'clouded' by these beliefs.
It is perfectly fine to have deeply held beliefs that agree with the liberal agenda, but to have deeply held beliefs in conflict with the liberal agenda is a disqualification. This elitist attitude is very disturbing. Only they are 'right' and only they can make 'correct' choices; only they know what is best for everyone. And if you happen to disagree, it shows that you are incabable of making decisions on the meaning of the Constitution.
I cannot stress enough how important it is that our Justices believe in separation of powers and are properly defferential to the Constitution, as it was drafted and ratified, and to our representative branches. This situation is best for everyone, no matter what your political views. You would not have to worry about 5 unelected, unaccountable, and life-tenured lawyers making decisions that should be decided by the people through our representatives.
Let the people decide hotly-debated political issues.
It is perfectly fine to have deeply held beliefs that agree with the liberal agenda, but to have deeply held beliefs in conflict with the liberal agenda is a disqualification. This elitist attitude is very disturbing. Only they are 'right' and only they can make 'correct' choices; only they know what is best for everyone. And if you happen to disagree, it shows that you are incabable of making decisions on the meaning of the Constitution.
I cannot stress enough how important it is that our Justices believe in separation of powers and are properly defferential to the Constitution, as it was drafted and ratified, and to our representative branches. This situation is best for everyone, no matter what your political views. You would not have to worry about 5 unelected, unaccountable, and life-tenured lawyers making decisions that should be decided by the people through our representatives.
Let the people decide hotly-debated political issues.
posted by Anaximander at 11:38 AM
2 Comments:
As you well know I despise hypocrisy no matter what source it comes from, liberal or conservative. You make a very good point on how the left says its beliefs are important while dismissing the right’s concerns. My only concern on both sides is that people take time to examine their beliefs on a regular basis. Having a belief when there is no evidence in either direction is fine but if an established body of scientific evidence starts to point in another direction we have to be able to change our beliefs.
I agree about re-evaluating your beliefs. I don't think blind obedience is appropriate. I think that if the government is going to legislate, whatever area it is going to legislate in/on, it should be done by the legislative branches. Not the courts. Our Constitution clearly defines separation of powers as the founders understood that an unchecked judiciary is no less dangerous than an unchecked executive; tyranny can take many forms, even the form of the judiciary.
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