THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume XII, Issue # 111, June 30, 2010
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
SPARE US THE KAGAN CONFIRMATION CHARADE
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION & THE FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTER OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: THE ROLE
OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IN CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE -- THE BASIC ISSUE: CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
THROUGH THE AMENDING PROCESS OR THROUGH JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION -- THE INTENT OF THE FRAMERS OF THE
CONSTITUTION VERSUS THE INTENT OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA & HIS FELLOW LIBERAL LEFTIST IDEOLOGUES IN
CONGRESS & ON THE SUPREME COURT -- THE PLOT TO UNDERMINE & DESTROY CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT & CIVIL
LIBERTIES IN THE U.S.A.
FULL STORY:
Perhaps, it is again time for a history refresher regarding the origins of
the United States of America. The U.S. Constitution is far more than just a
venerated piece of parchment containing soaring words and phrases, that sits
behind a thick piece of glass in the National Archives. It was, and is, the
original and foundational “Contract With America,” the national charter by
which the states mutually agreed to establish a federal union of partially, but substantially,
self-governing states and a central, or national, government for the
purpose of arbitrating between the member-states of the union and
collectively representing them among foreign powers.
As such, this profound document represents the framework within which
America was birthed and has flourished ever since. Recognizing that it was
by no means perfect, the Founders included in it an amendment process, made
deliberately cumbersome in order to prevent drastic changes based on
transient or reckless motivations. Ultimately, however, if three fourths of
the states ever determined that it was no longer effective, the means was
provided to call a new constitutional convention, an act that, along with adoption of a new constitution, would amount
to no less than the official dissolution of the United States of America, as it had existed previously.
While such a scenario may sound apocalyptic, it must be clearly understood
that the Framers intended for the American nation to be defined by its
Constitution. Thus, they did not take lightly the prospect of tampering with
it. And it is for this reason that the willingness of Liberals in recent
years to alter or ignore it, absent the amendment process, poses such a
stark danger to the very future of the nation.
Members of the U.S. federal judiciary are ultimately tasked with the duty to
ensure that all parties abide by the terms of the “contract.” And the
integrity (or lack thereof) with which they perform this function directly
affects the nature of the country in which we live.
The abounding freedom enjoyed by so many Americans throughout the past two
and a quarter centuries was a direct result of the nature of that constitutional document,
and its painstaking preservation during that time. Conversely, the
burgeoning threats to freedom and liberty now facing all Americans are a
direct consequence of efforts by arrogant individuals who would acquire
power and advance their ideology by any means. The course of the nation was
never intended to be directed by the strong forcing their way upon the weak.
And the Constitution was the vital bulwark against that possibility.
In his infamous January 18, 2001, interview on Illinois public radio, Barack Hussein
Obama disparaged the United States Constitution as a collection of “negative liberties.”
This was his perverse interpretation of the limitations the Constitution wisely placed on
those in government who would use their positions of power to foster
dangerous fundamental changes on the people. Consumed by the belief that he
and his kind could create a socialist utopia, if only they can garner
sufficient control over the lowly masses, Obama did not relish the
inconvenience of constitutional limitations on his self-aggrandizing agenda.
And this abhorrent sentiment is shared by his political and ideological kindred,
including U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.
In an ugly contrast to the necessary openness of a worthy confirmation
process, the Obama administration has taken drastic efforts to limit public
access to Kagan, her family, former teaching associates, and anyone else who
might be able to shine appropriate light on just who she is. It is Obama’s
goal to reduce Kagan’s confirmation process to an inconsequential formality,
after which she can govern from the bench according to their shared
philosophy.
Nevertheless, sufficient evidence has surfaced to alarm any who might be
concerned with the fate of the U.S. Constitution in her hands. Like her White
House benefactor, she thoroughly disdains the Constitution and the great nation it once
fostered. More dangerous still, she believes that upon donning the judicial
robe, one can thereafter issue edicts from which no recourse exists. On this
basis alone, she has proven herself to be wholly unqualified to take a place
as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Some, on the Republican side, are deriding her for a lack of sufficient
judicial credentials. Others have questioned the depth of her thinking. But,
while these concerns may be valid, they by no means pose any threat to the
nation comparable to that of an activist judge, no matter how well
credentialed she may be. It matters little how high of a pedigree can be
claimed by a jurist who willingly invokes that background as an avenue to
undermine the integrity of the Constitution.
Nor should anything valuable be expected to come from intense Republican
grilling of Kagan, even eliciting “promises” of restraint, if the end result
is her confirmation. In fact, such action may only serve to steel her
resolve to get even with constitutional (conservative) America.
It is disturbing that she has displayed considerable skill at dodging and
evading direct answers to basic questions regarding her judicial philosophy.
Such duplicity does not exemplify laudable jurisprudence and is, in fact, a
reflection of dubious leanings and a willingness to publicly falsify them.
A Leftist, by definition, cannot be a constitutional originalist. And even a
cursory examination of Kagan’s past clearly identifies her as an extreme
Leftist. Therefore, the question of her fitness for a seat on the nation’s
highest court was answered in absolute finality before she ever uttered a
single word in the Senate hearing. No senator from either party can vote for
her while credibly claiming to uphold the U.S. Constitution.
It is abominable that Democrats will cast their votes to undermine and erode
the very precepts that made America, in order to move their Liberal agenda
forward. It is no less so that some Republicans will collaborate in this
effort, either by voting to confirm, or by only making token efforts at
opposition, while refraining from doing whatever it takes to prevent this
latest attack on the fabric of America from reaching its grim fulfillment.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Appointment of U.S. Federal Judges
Legal Issues, Lawyers, & America's Judiciary
U.S. Constitutional Law & Political Philosophy
The Constitution of the United States of America
Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who has been active in Wyoming
politics for many years. Contact information, along with his archives, can
be found at www.chrisadamo.com
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