Our chief executive’s job is to nominate a replacement to the Supreme Court; Congress’s role, apparently: to do a jiggery-pokery around the need while the adults play. In memoriam, Politico.com offered a quote of one of Scali’s judicial findings that seems ... oh so nice… “If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity,” he added. “Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world.”
To most reasonable people, that Congress is so useless is a big serving of applesauce. Still, it is the mess this nation has made for itself and a situation the good justice seemed to like. As such, I believe it is incumbent of the presidential contenders to give him a taste of his logic and put their ideas to judgement. Doing so will demonstrate which can handle the sophisticated world and which are stuck in the stupidity of RealityTV over Realpolitik. If nothing else, making such cases has got to be worth a few laughs.
Justice Scalia once said in another ruling, “The Court’s argument also overlooks the rudimentary principle that a specific provision governs a general one.” Exactly what is being offered in this suggestion. The presidential contenders, except perhaps Hillary, are short in the space of turning their visions and promises into anything that can survive the whipsaw of partisanship. Having them identify which persons they would offer as a replacement and then place themselves below the blade of devisiveness would be an excellent way to test their political Scali-abilities -- their ability to handle the rough, tumble, and funny that comes with making choices before the populous and their own ultimate judge of humanity. They have to take their general ideas to specifics.
Scalia, were he not preoccupied in purgatory, would likely hate this idea. Surely there is no 1886-based precedent for such a contest of modernity. Then again, he did like a good argument; and I can’t think of any more fitting tribute than to make him stand in judgement before Christ at the same time She was looking down on the parade of foolishness he helped start.
Facts alone are not sufficient to get in the way of a good penalty for the dead or the dying -- at least not without a laugh or two to ride along.
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Thanks for sharing. The idea is for me to motivate you (and others) to do something with good ideas. Some are mine, some belong to others; all belong to the world of change.