Bush Makes His Choice!

Well, President Bush has made his choice for the Supreme Court known. The world did not come to an end, either. That was something of a relief.

After viewing the nominee’s qualifications, I believe it is safe to say this is the “lull before the storm”.

Judge John G. Roberts, Jr., from all accounts is a brilliant man. When you look at his accomplishments in only 48 years you have to arrive at that conclusion. Yes, he is only 48 years of age. If confirmed he will be able to serve a very long time on the court.

He is conservative. That will give conservatives a “plus” on the court. Now there will be four Conservatives…Scalia, Thomas, Rehnquist, and if approved, Roberts. That will give us a dead tie, 4 to 4 in rulings made by the court. A tie might be good. That remains to be seen.

We are now left with Ginsburg, Kennedy, Stevens, and Suitor, the four liberals. If we are able to replace one of them, we will have the court in Conservative hands. One is in bad health, another is 85 years of age, so a retirement is certainly within the realm of possibility.

The next few hours and days will tell the tale of how the democrats will react. I am not hopeful. By the same token, many republicans, on the right side of the conservative spectrum are spoiling for a fight… just as an excuse to use the Constitutional Option. I fall within that category.

My side of the Republican Party understood, from the beginning that this was what the election of George W. Bush was about. The Supreme Court. We know the Political Party, with control of the court, actually controls the country. As a Right Wing Conservative I happily admit that. Control of the Supreme Court has been, and remains, item number one on our agenda. With the Confirmation of Judge Roberts we will be one step closer.

Our primary goal is very clear. Taking the country back to the original Constitution as the founders wrote it. We firmly believe they wrote what they meant and meant what they wrote.

The confirmation of Judge Roberts will go along way towards accomplishing our goals.

“Longstreet”