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 Adam Smith, the 18th century father of modern free market
capitalism, once said: “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the
brewer, or the baker we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own
interest.” Parties in free market exchanges use the best tools and people for a
successful outcome. None can obtain their highest objectives if decisions are
limited, restrained, or controlled.
Every owner of a free market enterprise will tell you, they
will always hire the best person available for every management position. Common
sense and basic logic tells us corporations cannot exist if they don't produce
quality products. It'd be irrational for them not to do what is in their best
interest to make them successful. Only the best efforts by the best people
always produce the best results.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act outlaws bias toward race, creed, color, age
and national origin in employment and government. And every affirmative action
program since Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon and now Joe Biden has been ruled
unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
"The Courts have made it clear. Everyone is protected from racial
discrimination." – Roger Clegg, Center for Equal Opportunity
America is a nation founded on principles of self governing and market
capitalism. Our founders purposely did not create a political class. America is
a republic with equal opportunity for all men and women without obstacles or
restrictions for anyone. This especially applies to the Supreme Court.
"The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected." –
William O. Douglas
Stephen Breyer has served on the Supreme Court for 27 years. At 83, he just
revealed he is retiring from the bench. A stalwart leftist, Breyer's rulings
illustrate the narrow limits a liberal justice uses to interpret law. He has
moved center left on low impact political issues, and ruled against only a few
of Obamacare's most contentious mandates. His record indicates his justice is
anything but blind.
Breyer, appointed by Bill Clinton, much like Kamala Harris, was
sold as a moderate who would rule by the Constitution. And he would not be a
liberal jurist who would vote to appease the left. Yet he is a reliable vote for
abortion, same-sex marriage and every other progressive cause. He has been more
progressive and less moderate than most of the court, except possibly Ruth Bader
Ginsburg.
Although media claims Breyer is retiring due to age, the devil is in the
details. Progressives and identity groups have been petitioning the White House
for months to convince Breyer to retire so Biden can nominate a progressive
black woman for the court. As they see Biden's numbers tank, they fear they will
lose both houses next year, and not have the votes to approve a far left
justice.
Democrats’ fear the Ginsburg scenario; she refused to retire when she was on her
last leg. When she passed away, Donald Trump appointed constitutionally savvy
Justice Amy Barrett to succeed her.
"Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life to keep them away from politics."
– Ben Sasse
Last year, Breyer declined to discuss retiring in a Harvard Law speech where he
opposed packing the court, which is a supreme goal of progressives, Biden and
Harris. A day later, progressive group Demand Justice launched a national
“Breyer Retire" campaign citing his age was a liberal liability.
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In a recent statement, Demand Justice Director
Brian Fallon said, “We are now firmly in the window when past
justices have announced their retirement. So it’s officially
worrisome that Justice Breyer has not yet said that he will step
down. At this time retirement is Breyer’s most responsible option."
Progressives and identity groups have demanded
Biden "diversify the courts" since he promised to put a black woman
on SCOTUS. And Biden’s federal court nominees have already been
"diverse." He appointed nine women and the first Muslim as federal
court judges. But they want much more.
Although the High Court continues to strike down
attempts by Biden to bring back affirmative action, he has
successfully achieved that by vastly limiting his selection for a
running mate to only Black women. And Biden has violated the Civil
Rights Act by claiming only Black women will be picked for federal
court judges. His identify politics has violated the rights of every
non-black Jurist.
The day Justice Breyer announced he'd retire, Biden proclaimed he'd
keep his promise and put a Black woman on the Supreme Court.
"I've not decided yet, but the person I will nominate will have
extraordinary qualifications, experience and integrity and it will
be a Black woman." – Joe Biden
Biden has foolishly limited his options, campaigning that his first
nominee for the Supreme Court would be a Black woman. It should
shock every liberal and conservative jurist in America that they are
not qualified to serve on the Court due to their race or their
gender. Joe Biden obviously never read what is written above the
entrance to the Supreme Court; "EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW."
With the Supreme Court waiting to hear cases challenging
affirmative-action policies at Harvard, and worrisome midterms for
Democrats, it is going to be difficult for any Biden nominee to
dodge bullets in a divided Senate. It will be hard for anyone
considered too progressive to be approved.
Justice Antonin Scalia told us, "We have an
obligation to follow both our conscience and the law."
Biden’s own commission refused to ordain packing the court, but
progressives continue to try to pack the lower courts with
progressives to influence decisions on abortion, racial issues,
federal voting and affirmative action. They're trying to make the
federal courts the "left arm" of their party.
If Democrats remain united and vote lock-step in approval to confirm
a progressive justice, it will be their Waterloo in midterm Senate
races. The last three cycles of Senate elections have shown that
American support for Constitutional government has been a winning
issue for all Republicans.
Biden campaigned as a moderate, and the media rewrote Harris' resume
to hoodwink voters that she too was a moderate. But both of them
have shown neither have a moderate bone in their bodies. Nothing in
Biden’s resume suggests anything different while choosing his first
court appointee.
Conservatives get nervous with each GOP nominee, but liberals never
fear nominating an "in your face" progressive. They dare Republicans
to question their objectivity, query their social views and get
furious if challenged about law. The hearings could get worse than a
bad soap opera marathon.
"The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene
in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They just
couldn't find three wise men and a virgin." – Jay Leno |
