Get up to speed on the Supreme Court, the nomination and confirmation process, and the role of the courts in a democratic society with the below resources from Independent Women’s Law Center.
It speaks volumes about the perils of “living constitutionalism.”
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Nominees to the Supreme Court must demonstrate a commitment to enforcing the Constitution as written and applying statutes passed by Congress consistent with their original public meaning.
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In searching for a Supreme Court nominee, a president should cast a wide net, considering qualified candidates from all walks of life and taking care not to exclude from consideration candidates with certain demographic profiles.
Read MoreOf the nine justices on the United States Supreme Court, there should be roughly equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats. That is the only way to ensure fairness, moderation, and balance.
Although the process of nominating and confirming a justice is inherently political, the role of a justice is not. The best guarantee that the Court will not fall “out of balance” and favor one political side or the other is the appointment of men and women, from either political party, who will apply the law as written, not as they’d like it to be.
