Individual Constitution Interpretation Must Be Adhered To By Congress Members
Samuel Alitto confirmation made it out of the judicial committee today by a 10-8 vote. The vote was along patrician lines and not pro-life.
I heard a congressman who stated that as long as the ABA states a judge was qualified and his colleagues stated he was not partisan then he or she has the right to sit on a federal court. Despite the fact that this Senator a Republican voted for Alitto his word were nonsense. Ever public official makes an oath to defend the constitution from its enemies and uphold their own personal interpretation of it. If a Senator suspects or is convinced that a candidate before them will prove an enemy of the Constitution their job is to vote against them. This may make it hard for a President with a Constitutional belief that is opposed by the majority of the Senate to get any candidate on the bench but then that is where the art of compromise enters the picture.
The minority can use the filibuster but I am opposed to the filibuster in any of its uses because it is undemocratic giving the minority a veto power the Constitution does not extend to them. The main job of congress is to investigate and vote on legislation and anything that proves an obstruction to this purpose is bad for our country. This is because anything that is purposely set up to obstruct a team from doing their project would be viewed by the employer as bad for business.
I heard a congressman who stated that as long as the ABA states a judge was qualified and his colleagues stated he was not partisan then he or she has the right to sit on a federal court. Despite the fact that this Senator a Republican voted for Alitto his word were nonsense. Ever public official makes an oath to defend the constitution from its enemies and uphold their own personal interpretation of it. If a Senator suspects or is convinced that a candidate before them will prove an enemy of the Constitution their job is to vote against them. This may make it hard for a President with a Constitutional belief that is opposed by the majority of the Senate to get any candidate on the bench but then that is where the art of compromise enters the picture.
The minority can use the filibuster but I am opposed to the filibuster in any of its uses because it is undemocratic giving the minority a veto power the Constitution does not extend to them. The main job of congress is to investigate and vote on legislation and anything that proves an obstruction to this purpose is bad for our country. This is because anything that is purposely set up to obstruct a team from doing their project would be viewed by the employer as bad for business.
posted by Kerwin | 9:18 PM
1 Comments:
A republic, that is, a government of elected officials, the minority should not be able to dictate to the majority. While the majority cannot trample on the rights of the minority, every issue is to be solved by a majority of some type. That is what the Constitution protects.
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