I strongly suspect that if the founders are watching this Suprem Court confirmation hearing they are doing flip flops in their graves. Whether we admit it or not Trump with the aid of a Senate controlled by a GOP majority has succeeded in destroying any notion of an independrnt Judiciary. With just 3 years of judicial experience Amy Coney Barrett is not ready to sit on the highest court of the land. Never mind the fact that we are just 21 days away from the next election. While the Republicans want to deflect and accuse the Democrats of attempting to pack the court if they prevail at the polls one need only look at what has occurred over the last 4 years.
In 1933 the Nazi’s systematically dismantled the judiciary. “Even the fig leaf of feigned impartiality was ripped to shreds when Hitler addressed the judiciary in a speech in the Reichstag on 26 April 1942”. Hitler said: “I expect the German legal profession to understand that the nation is not here for them but they are here for the nation… From now on, I shall intervene in these cases and remove from office those judges who evidently do not understand the demand of the hour.”
One could close your eyes and hear a similar whiney refrain from Donald John Trump. In the next administration the federal judiciary must be a priority. The blatant politicalization of the court must be dealt with. If the only vehicle for doing that is the expansion of the Supreme Court so be it. The courts should never be relegated to becoming a rubber staml for the majority party.
Think!!
Eyes Wide Open!!!