04-11-2017, 01:50 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-11-2017, 01:54 PM by Eric the Green.)
(04-10-2017, 12:09 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote:(04-08-2017, 07:25 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(04-07-2017, 11:24 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: Nominating Gorsuch.
If he upholds the Constitution as written and intended, yes. If he legislates the Republican agenda from the bench, no. I'm in wait and see mode.
In spite of Eric's many protestations about Gorsuch (I'm guessing a lot of them due to that surname and memories of Reagan hatred of 30+ years ago), I'm hopeful that being a 1967 cohort Xer, Gorsuch will be less prone to Judicial Activism. Only time will tell.
Your hopes as stated here concern "judicial activism." From my point of view, and my protestations, the question is not so much about judicial activism, but about what sort of actions are taken. The justification matters less than the justice. Granted that the constitution is a guarantee of justice, but the Court is there to interpret it to meet the needs of the people, which the constitution was written by "we the people" to serve, and to form a more-perfect union.
Reagan "30-plus years ago" does not represent "memories," but the lingering influence and power of the neo-liberal elite, which he empowered from then until today, and which is boosted by his false slogans of freedom. And which now (mis-)rules the White House, Congress, Courts and Statehouses across most of the land. And which is the very substance and essence of the Crisis we face.