CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 30, 2024
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO OVERHAUL THE SUPREME COURT. HE WANTS TO LIMIT TERMS TO 18 YEARS AND IMPOSE AN ETHICS CODE ON THE THIRD BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. THE 18-YEAR TERM LIMIT WOULD MEAN A PRESIDENT COULD POTENTIALLY NOMINATE A NEW JUSTICE EVERY TWO YEARS.
HE SHOULD FIRST IMPOSE AN ETHICS CODE ON HIMSELF AND HIS CORRUPT FAMILY.
HIS COURT PROPOSAL WOULD REQUIRE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WHICH IS UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN, BUT BIDEN HAS SIGNALED ONE OF THE LEFT’S GOALS FOR THE FUTURE. WHEN PROGRESSIVES DON’T LIKE A RULING BY THE COURT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS BASED ON THE CONSTITUTION, THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE COURT’S MAKEUP SO IT WILL CONFORM TO THEIR IDEOLOGY. IT REMINDS ME OF A COMMENT BY THE LATE CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES EVANS HUGHES: “THE CONSTITUTION IS WHAT THE JUSTICES SAY IT IS.” NO IT ISN’T. THE CONSTITUTION IS SELF-AUTHENTICATING AND MEANS WHAT IT SAYS, AS THE LATE JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA SO ELOQUENTLY SAID.
SO, WHEN A LIBERAL COURT HANDS DOWN RULINGS ON FAITH AND ABORTION THAT COMPORT WITH THE SECULAR PROGRESSIVES, THAT’S FINE. BUT WHEN IT RULES AGAINST THEIR IDEOLOGY THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE COURT.
TALK ABOUT YOUR DOUBLE STANDARD? ELECTIONS MATTER AND THE COMING ONE WILL MATTER FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I’M CAL THOMAS.
