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Thursday, March 24, 2016

No Confirmation of Supreme Court Nominee

by Phyllis Schlafly: On March 16th, President Obama announced his nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to succeed the late, great Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. The U.S. Senate should follow the famous advice of the late First Lady Nancy Reagan and “just say no” to Obama’s nominee.

The media are portraying Judge Garland as a “moderate” and a “centrist” — but that’s what they also said about Obama’s two previous nominees (Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor) and Bill Clinton’s two nominees (Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer). Yet all four of those so-called “moderates” voted in lockstep for the Windsor and Obergefell decisions, which overturned the definition of marriage in federal and state laws.

In his current position as a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which hears disputes involving federal regulations, Judge Garland has not had the opportunity to rule directly on marriage or abortion. However, in two cases he voted against the individual right to keep and bear arms, which means the landmark Heller decision written by Justice Scalia would likely be overturned if Garland joins the Court.

On the wide range of critical issues coming before the Supreme Court, Judge Garland’s views are no different from those of the two Justices already appointed to the bench by Obama. More importantly, his selection comes just as voters have the chance to end Obama’s stated goal of “fundamentally transforming” our country.
The late Justice Antonin Scalia was the Supreme Court’s most outspoken conservative, so anyone nominated by President Obama would shift the balance of the Court to the left. The New York Times admitted that “If Judge Garland is confirmed, he could tip the ideological balance to create the most liberal Supreme Court in 50 years.”

Even if he is “moderate” in his temperament, Judge Garland would certainly be a reliable fifth vote for liberal Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan. Those five Justices would form a new liberal working majority on the Supreme Court.

Don’t let a lame-duck president make an appointment that would extend liberal control over the Supreme Court for decades to come. Americans deserve a chance to weigh in on this momentous decision by voting for a president they know will pick at least one new justice.

Bravo to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) for saying they will not consider any nominee this year. Encourage your senators to do the same. Call or email your senator and say that no Supreme Court appointment should be considered until a new president takes office.

The Court can continue to function indefinitely with fewer than nine Justices, as it has many times in our history. There’s nothing magic about the number nine, which was prescribed by Congress, not the Constitution.

If Republicans elect the next president and retain control of Congress, there will be plenty of time to add new Justices to the Supreme Court. One scholar proposed expanding the size of the Court to 11 or more Justices, since a larger Court reduces the likelihood that any single appointee would fundamentally change the Court’s direction.

In addition to controlling the size of the Supreme Court, Congress could also authorize the President to nominate new Justices on a regular timetable – say, one during each two-year term of Congress. Under that system, a new Justice would join the Supreme Court every two years, regardless of whether an existing Justice dies or retires during that period.

In the current system, appointments to the Supreme Court depend on the unpredictable death or voluntary retirement of current Justices. The Constitution gives the power of appointment jointly to the President and the Senate, and judges should not be allowed to influence the timing or political affiliation of their successors.

If the Court is already full when a new Justice is appointed, the most senior Justice would rotate off the Supreme Court, but continue to draw a full salary and serve on lower courts for the rest of his career. Legal scholars believe that system, which indirectly sets a term limit for Justices of the Supreme Court, could be implemented by Congress without a Constitutional amendment.

When Alexander Hamilton was promoting the new Constitution to a skeptical public, he promised that the judiciary would be the “least dangerous” branch of the federal government because it depends on the other branches to enforce its judgments. We’ve let the federal courts have the last word on too many important issues.

It’s long overdue for Congress to use its constitutional powers to check and balance the federal courts through its control over their creation, composition and jurisdiction. The unexpected Supreme Court vacancy is a golden opportunity for Congress to reassert its power over the number of Justices and the process for appointing them.
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Phyllis Schlafly has been a national leader of the conservative movement since 1964. She founded and is CEO and Chairman of Eagle Forum. She has testified before more than 50 Congressional and State Legislative committees on constitutional, national defense, and family issues.

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1 Comments:

Anonymous Carl La Fong said...

Garland is a documented gun grabber who will complete the Alinsky/Obama check list.

3/24/2016  

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