Soap Box

With the announcement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, America has another reason to be divided along ideological lines, as if we needed it.

The knives and vitriol have surfaced and the media has, as always, taken up the cause of the left who fear that the advent of another Justice, not out of the liberal mold would threaten Roe v. Wade, the sacred cow of leftist political doctrine.

And, as improbable as that might seem, they could be right should the issue be re-examined by a balanced impartial court, who have the advantage of hindsight, because it’s hard to believe that the court who approved Roe v. Wade could possibly have imagined the staggering numbers of unborn who are murdered each year, and the over sixty-million abortions that have taken place in America since their ruling.

Plus, the politics could get extremely sticky for the Democrats who are claiming such passionate empathy for the children who are being separated from their parents at the Southern border, because both sides of the issue would be endlessly debated in public forums and they would be forced to constantly defend their claim that a fetus is not a human being.

With modern technology, they would be faced with photographic proof that a fetus takes on the shape of a baby in the fairly early stages of pregnancy, with a heartbeat that can be heard and capable of feeling the pain, when its life is taken.

Knowledge and technology have increased exponentially since 1973 when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of legal abortion and a modern-day case before the court could be aided by facts and graphics that were not available then and is sure to shed some much-needed light on the sordid practice.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg, it has been a liberal practice for decades to circumvent the will of the people when possible, bypass the legislative process and receive a favorable ruling from a liberal court.

This devious little ploy would be stymied by having a court that does not necessarily lean to the right, but one that even goes straight down the middle, personal political ideologies notwithstanding, providing level ground for both sides.

A court that would only interpret the constitution without trying to twist what it actually says to favor the aspirations of any political party or pressure group.

The Second Amendment, the parameters of our immigration policies, the ongoing fight as to how deeply the health care obligations of the federal government go, the death penalty, sanctuary cities, what constitutes a valid claim to political asylum, all these and myriad other thorny issues could potentially be heard by the Supreme Court in the future.

The fight that the left and their media allies will mount will be well-financed and vicious with no quarter given, no prisoners taken and no middle ground.

Character Assassination, half-truths, misinformation, dirty tricks and all manner of smoke and mirror tactics will be foisted on the American public, trying to convince them that whatever Candidate President Trump puts forth is flawed in ways that make him or her unfit to sit on the highest judicial bench in the land.

And it makes no difference who that candidate is, no matter how virtuous, no matter how spotless their reputation, if they don’t toe the liberal line on the abortion issue they are totally disqualified from the left-hand view.

This nation needs a Supreme Court with the courage and wisdom to deal with the many governmental and social issues that face our nation, one that will not refuse to hear any highly charged political issue, no matter which side of public opinion and ideology their constitutionally mandated decision would happen to fall.

This judicial appointment will be the one that decides if there will be a counter-balance to Ginsberg, Sotomayor, Kagan et al, a constitutional court where both sides are considered in the light of the instructions the founding fathers left to guide us, or a legislative court, where personal politics come into play and legislation, the responsibility of the congress and president, is usurped and exploited by unelected partisans.

It’s a crucial and essential decision that will affect the direction of this nation for a generation.

I pray to God that the right one is reached.

What do you think?

Pray for our troops, our police and the peace of Jerusalem.

God Bless America

— Charlie Daniels

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