The Dems have gone and done it again. On Thursday, Mississippi federal Judge Charles W. Pickering became the fourth judicial nominee this year to be filibustered by Senate Democrats.
Pickering joins the ranks of Justice Department attorney Miguel Estrada, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen and Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor as the only appeals court nominees to be filibustered.
These filibusters are nothing new to those who have seen obstructionism on the part of Sen. Tom Daschle and other leading Senate Democrats, but the significance of the obstruction of judicial nominees is something to be noted.
First, a precedent has been set by these actions – obstructing judicial nominees in this way has never been done before. Additionally, the filibustering of judicial nominees proves that the traditional influencers of public policy see the judiciary as the new power center of government.
The legislature takes too long to effect major change, it is thought – activists now immediately pass on the idea of pushing a constitutional amendment. Furthermore, as much as some would like him to be, the president can’t be a dictator. The lines have been drawn, then: The game is now in the third branch of government.
The bottom line is that all of America’s controversial political issues are now either going to be decided by tyrants in black robes, or justices who base their decisions on the Constitution and original intent.
It’s not a surprise, because it’s nothing new. For many years, judicial activism has taken place, but it’s been mostly a secret battle. Yet, by boldly setting historical precedent in filibustering judicial nominees, Democrats have fully affirmed that the true battle for America’s future is in judicial activism.
It’s a testament to how much the original idea of America’s government has been perverted.
When Americans are apathetic, the media is in bed with politicians and the thirst for power outlives any other force in government, the idea of our republic begins to fail. While there will always be sin and a thirst for power on the part of politicians, their desires were supposed to be trampled by media watchdogs, voters and the judiciary. Yet, the system is being cheated.
The three powers are become one force working together to serve each other’s interests. Tyrants in the courtrooms, basing their decisions on their liberal beliefs, have given us many rulings that change the way America works.
I’m willing to bet the majority of Americans wouldn’t support taking “under God” out of the Pledge of Allegiance. Instead, the 9th Circuit Court decided for us. I’m sure that the majority of America didn’t support the Supreme Court’s decision banning prayer before football games.
I’m sure that the majority of Americans didn’t support a complete separation between religion and government, but the Supreme Court, through judicial activism, decided for us. Like I said, it’s nothing new: That decision was made in the 1940s.
But something has changed now. For a long time, the left has ruled the courts – it was a one-man game. While both ideological camps have taken judicial nominees very seriously – appointing conservative judges was a selling point of the Bush campaign – never before has it taken the forefront in such a battle in the Senate.
It’s now becoming a fierce battle being waged by both sides, and it should become important to voting Americans. The priority for all freedom-loving Americans should be in electing presidents that will 1) nominate judges that will base their rulings on the Constitution, and 2) are willing to fight for their nominees.
There are many, many perversions of the original way our government was intended to run – one being these problems in the judicial system. Still, the best we can do is even out the odds in that branch of government through countering liberal courts with more conservative courts.
By evening the odds in the judiciary, hopefully the ball game will once again be played in the House and Senate – still corrupt, but not as tyrannical.
