With Elena Kagan having been nominated by President Barack Obama to become a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States, the Senate Judiciary Committee will make its recommendation soon, perhaps this week, setting the stage for a final decision by the whole Senate.
Will the Senate make a mistake?
The issue should not be about whether the nominee is a nice lady, and one of intelligence. The issue should be about whether she would be a Supreme Court justice dedicated to upholding the Constitution and the law — making judicial decisions with absolute impartiality, not substituting or injecting personal political and philosophical opinions.
She has indicated in previous statements, however, that she would not be an impartial justice, but would be another “activist” liberal on the court if she is confirmed.
That’s why she should not be confirmed. All nine members of the Supreme Court should rule strictly according to the Constitution and the law — without injecting any personal opinions.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have the right, indeed, a duty, to express their opinions and represent their constituencies — but justices do not.
Unfortunately, it appears Elena Kagan will be confirmed, continuing too much personal liberal partisanship in the decisions by the highest court in our land.