Unlike the other two branches of government, our Founding Fathers designed the Judiciary with no term limits. They felt this would place judges above the political fray and, without having to worry about the second-guessing of their opinions, they could be completely impartial. While the Founders were wise enough to design a self-correcting system they didn’t design a perfect system and, as righteous men who understood their role as part of something greater than themselves, they could never have anticipated future justices placing their own good above the good of the Republic.
Enter Judge Sonia Sotomayor. She is the poster child for term limits to be placed upon members of the Court. Sotomayor spent this entire past week of questioning confounding senators by contradicting viewpoints she has advocated her entire career. Many have said she may actually have perjured herself. She, quite clearly, would say anything she must to get confirmed, trying desperately to sound like the little sister of Justices Alito and Roberts.
In truth, as the radical nominee of a radical president kissing the hindquarters of a radical Senate, she will undoubtedly be confirmed for a life term of Constitutional destruction from the bench. Tomas Jefferson had the right idea: four to six year terms for judges [I'd even go along with eight]. That doesn’t mean they couldn’t be reappointed but it provides an opportunity for the president or the people to opt out as conditions change. You have to renew your license to drive, right? Why not renew a judge’s license to wield a gavel?
Whether this nominee is in fact a racist, a sexist or a latinophile is still open to question. In the past, she has repeated remarks about a “Wise Latina woman being able to make better decisions than a White male” — remarks she tried to re-spin during her confirmation hearing. Even more troubling is her belief in legislating from the bench, a philosophy reflected in speeches and re-spun into a deceitful web throughout the week. Her contradictions, and refusal to directly answer questions on the important issues of abortion and Second Amendment rights display a troubling lack of understanding about the role of the Judiciary.
As a wise White man of varied experience and background I can unequivocally state that the real Sonia Sotomayor is a judicial activist reflecting the values of a Marxist president and is unqualified to sit on the Supreme Court. More than 60 percent of her decisions have been overturned and once she is seated on the high court, there is no further recourse for correcting her flawed judgment. Upon further examination of her judicial philosophy, the real question that emerges is whether she is even qualified to sit on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals where she is now! As for the need to have another minority to ‘balance’ the court, I always thought JUSTICE was the ultimate goal, not ethnic parity or empathy.
Especially where an unlimited term of service is involved, with the number of unanswered questions and inconsistencies surrounding Sotomayor, only a body of fools would fail to vote ‘no’ when put to the test. That being said, her confirmation will likely be approved by a wide majority of the Senate, including the usual ‘linguini-spined’ RHINOs who we must relegate to the swelling ranks of the unemployed in 2010.
Given the present government assault upon American liberty and a strong leftward tilt already in the courts, the wrong decision now can be a danger that lasts a lifetime.
R.S.F.
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