A Boston Tea Party …(Calm Before The Storm)

The Democratic strategy of filibustering district court judicial nominees has been going on for four plus years. The Republican Majority Leader Bill Frist is nearing the moment when he calls for the nuclear option to be put into action. It is the only answer to stop Democrats from their main goal.

This President is going to quite possibly be nominating two judges for the Supreme Court. The filibustering of district court nominees is only a precursor to the fight that will take place in the very near future over those Supreme Court nominees. I would suggest the new additions to the Supreme Court are as important as any in my lifetime. Mark Levin’s book “Men In Black” details just how activist the Supreme Court has become. It is truly shocking when reading the judicial opinions how Justices like Breyer and Kennedy stray from the constitution. These two Justices along with Justice Ginsberg continually move the legal bar further to the left on a case-by-case basis eventually through precedence taking federal law in the direction they so intended. Justice Scalia on the other hand remains true to the constitution and often argues that it is the people’s duty to change social norms and not the judicial bench. He maintains elected officials in state and federal legislatures should create law. Mark Levin gives example after example of how the Supreme Court has shaped our current laws without regard to the voice of the majority.

Levin also explains how what were once conservative judges eventually take a turn to the left. This usually happens after spending a few years amongst Washington intellectuals. It is for this reason President Bush needs to nominate strong, consistent, constitutional judges for the Supreme Court. These judges must be unwavering over time and keep their personal views from influencing their opinions. The fear of such constitutionalist judges is why the Democrats are filibustering now. It is there way of setting precedence so when they do filibuster Supreme Court nominees it won’t seem so unusual. The current filibustering is just the calm before the storm. The perfect storm is on the horizon.