A Chance for W

Not exactly the Supreme Court Justice that had been expected, but an opening is there nonetheless.

With the departure of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the "moderate" of the Court, President Bush now has an opportunity to put the Supreme Court back in order. The often perplexing O'Connor is painted as a moderate only because her rulings were so inconsistent. In recent years, however, she helped Bader Ginsberg and the more leftist members of the court in their inexorable movement away from the long-standing role of the Court as interpreter of the law to maker of laws.

Look at just this year's rulings that have come down from the 9 in black and you have a hard time seeing where they reflect the Founder's ideas of an "impartial an unbiased referee. This Court has voted to allow the seizure of personal property not for the public good in terms of new public works, but for the enrichment of government coffers by taking from one private citizen to give to another - one who will give more taxes to said government.

They've also made rulings based on the LAWS OF OTHER LANDS. Let me repeat that - they decided cases based not off of the lands of this freely elected society, but from the laws of other countries in which we have no say. I believe that qualifies as a form of taxation without representation and if I'm not mistaken, we fought a war and created a new country on such grounds.

In the latest rulings to come down, the court has both said religion (excuse me, Judeo-Christian religion) has a place and does not have a place in our public sites. Huh? O'Connor was the swing on both sides of the argument. Apparently, to be "moderate" in today's public service is to talk from both sides of one's mouth simultaneously. For more on this, see "John McCain".

Let us hope that Bush doesn't try to appease the powers on the left that want to continue this abuse of powers by submitting another O'Connor to the court. I don't care if she is replaced by a woman, man, black, white or hispanic. All that matters is that we get a nominee who can help return this Court to its senses and purpose.

We don't need another moderate. Let's hope W gets this one right.