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The liberals are continuing to push to subvert justice by stacking the Supreme Court. They had to back off on the addition of several justices due to the tremendous negative backlash. People were horrified that they would deliberately stack the court to get their way. However, they have not stopped their efforts to regain control of the Supreme Court. They have seen a number of their pet issues overturned and can’t wait for the conservative justices to retire. They want to regain control of the Court before the Court shoots down any more of their pet issues. They have made frivolous accusations against several conservative judges in order to discredit them and hopefully gain sympathy. While they call for the judges to be impeached, it is doubtful they could gain the support necessary. They are also calling for term limits for the judges. That would eliminate several of the conservative judges and open the way for them to appoint additional justices. Term limits would violate the Constitutional provision that the justices serve for life and would require a Constitutional amendment. The Constitution made provision for them to serve for life so Presidents would not stack the Court to approve their pet issues. Term limits would result in more rapid turnover and allow Presidents to stack the courts. The one thing the founding Fathers feared most. A Constitutional Convention would require 2/3 approval of both houses of Congress and they can’t even get a simple majority. In addition it would require approval of 3/4th of the States and they only control a few States. The States are heavily populated States so they control a lot of votes but they are concentrated in just a few States. That is why they want to do away with the Electoral College. The Electoral College guarantees that the President has broad support across the country and not just in a few States. Our country was founded on the principle that justice is blind and should apply equally to all but liberals have ignored the Constitution and State and federal laws when they prevent them from getting what they want. They have also used the FBI and Dept of Justice as well as the IRS to harass and intimidate conservatives, while turning a blind eye to crimes committed by liberals. It is time to elect representatives who will respect the law and restore justice  in America.

In Ohio, the Democrats are challenging the legislative redistricting map in the courts and the courts have turned down three maps they have drawn. It looks like they won’t accept any map that doesn’t favor them. That is not the way it is done.  The commission redraws the legislative districts to reflect changes in population so the districts are relatively equal. The party in power often draws them to favor themselves somewhat and at times it has gone to extremes but both parties do it when they are in power. The Democrats do it as much as the Republicans. The problem lies in the fact that the maps have to be completed before the ballots have to be printed for the primary elections. Since the maps drawn so far have been rejected, it has exceeded the time needed to prepare for the primary election. The mail-in ballots were printed and sent out by the deadline so they could be returned before the election. The ballots could not include the legislative positions because they don’t know what the district boundaries are going to be. That leaves a question about what to do with the legislative positions. They would have to have them added  to the voting machines at the last minute, which means the mail-in voters couldn’t vote for them or have a second primary election. Both would create a mess. The candidates wouldn’t know where to campaign since they don’t know what area will be in their district. Areas in their district previously may not be in their district when the election occurs. In addition, voters can’t research the candidates because they don’t know what district they will be voting in. It is easy to object to the way something is done but harder to help solve them. It is time to stop creating problems and start helping to solve them.

Liberals are saying that if you oppose the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, you are racist. It was good to see that a Black person could become President but President Obama did more to hurt the status of Blacks in America than any White president since I was old enough to understand politics. He spread distrust and fear between the races and by his underhanded tactics set the acceptance of Blacks by Whites back years. In the same way, it is good to have a diverse court in race and gender. However, I feel that Jackson is a bad choice for the Supreme Court and it has nothing to do with whether she is Black or a woman. There are a number of Black women that are qualified for the position. A Supreme Court justice should value life. She does not. By her own statements, she believes it is alright to kill a baby (person) if that person will be a burden to you or others. A Supreme Court justice should also value the rule of law. She does not. When asked what she bases her decisions on,  she stated that she bases her decisions on former court rulings which means she considers a judge’s opinion as more important than either the Constitution or the law of God. The Supreme Court once ruled that a Black was not a person and had no rights. The legislature than passed an Amendment granting Blacks equal rights. By her statement, she would rule that Blacks  have no rights because the courts said they don’t, even though the legislature says they do. However, liberal judges show in practice that they do not consider any opinion more important than their own, including the opinions of the Supreme Court. Her own rulings in the past show the same. She ignores Supreme Court rulings, the Constitution, and the law of God  when they differ from her own opinion. Many people in American have lost confidence in the Supreme Court because of judges like her that feel they can change the law to fit their own desires. Judges are supposed to interpret the law, not make laws. Such a judge will only further destroy the confidence that the American people have in the Supreme Court. To approve her solely because she is Black and a woman is to say it doesn’t matter who gets approved, as long as they are Black and a woman. If we are to restore the rule of law in this country, we need judges and politicians that fear God, and respect life and the rule of law.

President Biden and other liberal politicians continue to talk about adding three justices to the Court to tip the balance so they can get the decisions they want. That is not how justice works. The court justices are appointed, rather than elected so they will be the best justices available, not the most popular, and are appointed for life so no President could pack the court to get favorable judicial decisions. A President would only get to appoint a couple at most so the court would remain fairly stable and not swing with the prevailing political climate. Adding three justices solely to subvert the judicial process would not be illegal since the number of justices is not dictated by law, but it would certainly be viewed as wrong by those who believe that the courts should seek justice, not be used to overthrow the political process. The Court’s job is to settle legal disputes by interpreting the law, not to change laws made by Congress to fit their political views. While President Biden has been reluctant to add the justices because of the political backlash it would create, he has continually threatened to do so to intimidate the conservative justices into being more compromising to avoid the appearance of being politically motivated.