Judicial Confirmation Process Has Become A Joke

Regardless of the outcome of John Roberts's confirmation hearings, it is plain that liberal Democrats have succeeded in making the entire process a grotesque caricature of what the Founders originally intended. As stipulated in the Constitution, the Senate has an 'advise and consent' role in the appointment of Judges. Thus, the talents and wisdom of that body should properly be a worthy check on the President's authority to make appointments. For most of the country's history, that method worked well. Unfortunately, during the last few decades, Democrats allowed any vestiges of wisdom to be completely supplanted by the rancor of partisan politics. Increasingly, they seek to warp the process into a means of amassing political power far beyond that which they might have garnered at the ballot box. Unfortunately, rather than holding fast to constitutional principle and calling them to task, Republicans have allowed their underhanded tactics to proliferate. Worse yet, Republicans...(Read Full Article)

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