by Robert M. Traxler
I spent two brutal hours watching the Senate confirmation hearings for judge Amy Coney Barrett, two hours of life wasted. During that time very few questions were asked, and a lot of election year politics were practiced.
A hearing is supposed to be a finder of facts, not a free televised commercial for the Senators on the committee. Both parties are guilty of wasting our time and the nation’s time. Open hearings have been a clown show since they were first covered by radio in the 1920s and now by television. The antics are in keeping with the rules of the Senate and not improper. The hearings are normal practice but not required by the Constitution; any fault for wasting my time belongs to me for watching bad kabuki theater in the first place.
A commercial on television for approving Judge Amy Coney Barrett shows President Kennedy, our first Catholic president, speaking on religious prejudice. It is powerful and a throwback to a time when we were more, much more divided by religion. The spot quotes the Constitution and gives a bit of history on why the First Amendment came into being, to protect religious freedom.
Judge Barrett has been attacked for being a practicing Catholic; devout or not, it is all about abortion, the most divisive issue since slavery. The American brand of socialism is not in favor of religion; national socialism is the god, not God. I refer you to the history of socialism and its anti-religion stand.
Religious freedom, gun rights and freedom of speech are in the first two amendments for a reason; they are that important to our nation. A Supreme Court that follows the Constitution, not one that makes things up on the fly, is vital to our nation. The founders placed a process in the Constitution to amend it; it has been done 27 times in the past.
Just why the American left wing movement does not operate within the Constitution and amend it and not depend on the Supreme Court to do their bidding is puzzling. A life-long liberal who scribbles in the pages of this august publication gets angry when amending the Constitution is suggested; why is a mystery, unless they feel an amendment would never become law, so the back door is preferable.
The American Bar Association (ABA) finds Judge Amy Coney Barrett qualified to become an associate justice on the Supreme Court; have you seen that printed much? No you have not, as the ABA is traditionally a very leftist organization and their finding will not fit the liberal narrative. An associate justice need not be a lawyer at all; you or I could be on the Court and not be a member of the ABA.
According to Senator Chuck Schumer and former Vice President Joe Biden, President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution by nominating Judge Barrett — not true. He is “packing” the court — not true. A nomination this close to an election is illegal — not true, but who cares? The media is full steam ahead repeating the knowingly made up charges.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett will be confirmed, and the Unites States Supreme Court will be a court that has a majority of originalists, those who read the Constitution as written and amended, not as a suggestion but as law. President Trump has also appointed dozens of federal judges at the Federal Court and Appeals Court levels; he has changed our nation for decades to come and I passionately believe for the better.
The election is in a few days; win or lose, Trump has been the transformational president, President Obama longed to be, but never became in eight years.
No one forced you nor anyone to watch the sham hearing. If the nominee had no more interest in being a political pawn, a Mitch McConnell stooge, she would have agreed to at least delay the hearings until after November 3rd election.
Some of us haven’t forgotten Majority leader Mitch McConnell piously declaring having a hearing for President Obama’s nominee to replace the late Associate Justice Scalia who died in February of 2016 was too close to the November 2016 election. For the integrity of the Supreme Court, he US Senate refused to schedule hearings on Merrick Garland’s nomination.
But when Associate Justice Ginsburg passed September 18 2020, with McConnell’s assistance President Trump nominated Judge Barrett 8 days later and McConnell is charging thru the confirmation process so Judge Barrett becomes SCOTUS Associate Justice before November 3. President Trump wants her sworn in so if he follows thru on his promises to challenge the election results he’s less likely to avoid a 4-4 deadlock.
Over the last few years I have read Army Bob pleading that Donald J Trump is a centrist. That the United States should work with Russia rather than have an antagonistic relationship. I have read you celebrating Mitch McConnell stonewalling 100+ of President Obama’s nominees to the Federal Judiciary for 8 years. I’ve read you railing about activist judges if they didn’t agree with your locked in stone people who agree with you and “the left”.
Now with Trump you are celebrating an admitted liar (look at his legal counsel’s court filings in the last 4 years) who has lied about everything from paying off his paramours, writing letters for Don Jr for meeting with Russian spies to the seriousness of COVID-19.
We’ll survive Trump. We’ll even survive the court packing based on the 1000’s of Americans lining up to vote in person after the USPS put measures in place to delegitimize voting by mail, the California GOP putting out phony ballot collection boxes or QAnon following mail carriers hiding/dumping mail with ballots.
We’ll even survive you and others of your ilk who subscribe to what ever it takes to retain power manta. Because if your ideology losses at the ballot box, it will still survive packed courts. You’ve never been an American who believes in elections. Only those elections whose victors ideology aligns with your my way or the highway ideals.
Couchman,
What about them? I thought we were not suppose to talk about past history………..OK for you however not us? Typical………
Cheers!!
Mr. Couchman,
Sir,
Thanks for the comment.
At least this time you bothered to mention the column you pretend to comment on, thank you for that.
Thank you kindly for the comment.
Not speaking for the esteemed Army Bob, Mr. Couchman, I believe Army Bob has a space rent free in your head! Elections have consequences, so when your President Obama stated the same thing, “but you’ll have to sit in the back of the bus”, Senate Leader McConnel did just that until Barak came a calling with his nominee and was politely told elections have consequences.
Karma is a bitch isn’t it?
Couchman is correct in saying you and all your ilk are liars. Trumpy is to blame for the bad conditions. You are all too stupid to comment or vote.
AB,
Thanks for your writings! Pesky facts!!
Cheers!!
Mr. Wilkens,
John,
Sir, you are welcome. Cheers back at you.