More Darn Tootin'

From townhall.com, "Empathy" Versus Law: Part I" by Thomas Sowell

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That President Obama has made "empathy" with certain groups one of his criteria for choosing a Supreme Court nominee is a dangerous sign of how much further the Supreme Court may be pushed away from the rule of law and toward even more arbitrary judicial edicts to advance the agenda of the left and set it in legal concrete, immune from the democratic process.

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We would have entered a strange new world, where everybody is equal but some are more equal than others. The very idea of the rule of law would become meaningless when it is replaced by the empathies of judges.

Click here for my post below on "Empathy" Versus Law: Part II" by Thomas Sowell.

From townhall.com, "Empathy" Versus Law: Part III" by Thomas Sowell

There is a reason why the statue of Justice wears a blindfold. There are things that courts are not supposed to see or recognize when making their decisions-- the race you belong to, whether you are rich or poor, and other personal things that could bias decisions by judges and juries.

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Since Justice David Souter is likely to be replaced by another liberal, it is all too easy to say that it is no big deal. But with all the indications already as to how the Obama administration is trying to remake America on many fronts, the time to begin alerting the public to the dangers is now.

I think at least two more Justices (Stephens and Ginsberg) will resign as soon as it becomes clear what kind of reception the first of Obama's nominees receives. It's possible even Kennedy will be encouraged to resign giving Obama et al. a clear road to redesigning the U.S. of A. into the image of those tin-horn republics they admire so.