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Lowe: Supreme Court fight coming
Before my usual claque of commentators gets itsnose out of joint, I
will acknowledge that the type of behavior alluded to in this cartoon is
practiced by both extremes of the political spectrum. It is
inappropriate--and
unhelpful--no matter who is doing it.
We happen to have a Democratic president and Senate right now, so the
protesting of whomever is nominated to fill Justice Stevens' seat will
be the
province of Conservatives.
I think it was John McCain who said, "Elections mean something." It
is the
constitutional prerogative of the president to present a nominee in the
event of
a court vacancy, and it is the Senate's job to decide whether that
person is
qualified.
It made sense to the Founding Fathers. What wouldn't make sense to
them are
the ideological hoops we make the nominees run through, thanks to our
poisonous
political atmosphere, and the attempts to discredit them by digging
through
their pasts to find out if they talked back to their kindergarten
teacher during
recess.
One of these days, Justice Scalia, Roberts, Alito or Thomas will want
to
retire. Chances are he'll wait until a Republican president is in office
to do
so. This is as it should be.
Then, it will be the Liberals' turn to make a public display of their
unreasonableness, which they will do without a doubt.