The past is indeed prologue. I cringed at the leftist thought process when reading Stan Isaacs article today in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Obama should expand the court. In other words, pack the court. Shame on me, I should not have cringed at all. We are governed by the radical leftist, the Constitution doesn’t matter, Obama appoints unconfirmed “tzars,” he rules, he dictates, checks and balances are meant to be evaded. “Reconciliation” is the latest example!
Comrade Isaacs correctly points out that the Constitution does not specify the size of the Supreme Court. The number of justices is set by Congress and has shifted between five and ten, but hasn’t budged from nine since 1869.
Some of us are too young to recall Roosevelt’s attempt to “pack the court” in the ’30s when the “nine old men” declared some of his New Deal legislation unconstitutional. In short FDR failed in his scheme. Isaacs suggest that Obama could “quarterback” a change loading the court with puppets doing his bidding. He further suggests that this is “change we could believe in!”
These people are dangerous, to the core. Pray for the sake of our country and our grandchildren that the Senate changes hands in November. The life appointments to the court, requiring Senate confirmation, are what ultimately guard our Constitutional values.
Tom Motherway