New Federal Judge
Judge James Ho |
Here is the opening line of his opinion: “The unfortunate trend in modern constitutional law is not only to create rights that appear nowhere in the Constitution, but also to disfavor rights expressly enumerated by our Founders.” For years, constitutional conservatives have longed to read this kind of sentence from federal judges.
He wrote this dissent on a case that was to determine whether a $350 limit on political contributions was constitutional. He questioned the right of government to limit political participation. “As citizens,” he wrote, “we enjoy the fundamental right to express our opinions on who does or does not belong in elected office.”
He also went beyond the decision at hand to observe that, “if you don’t like big money in politics, then you should oppose big government in our lives.” He reasons that if you are going to ask taxpayers to devote “a substantial percentage of their hard earned income to fund the innumerable activities” of various forms of government, then you should “at the very least allow citizens to spend a fraction of that amount to speak out about how the government should spend their money.”
It is going to be fun to watch the career of Judge James Ho. Who knows? He might even some day become the first Asian American to serve on the Supreme Court.
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Kerby Anderson is a radio talk show host heard on numerous stations via the Point of View Network endorsed by Dr. Bill Smith, Editor, ARRA News Service
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