Comments on: The Federalist Society: judge-makers

By: Cicero

Cicero — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 04:19:55 +0000

steve:
Illness is to be treated. Evil is to be resisted and quashed because it is not treatable. One cannot undo, cure or reverse evil.
I feel I must distinguish between the two.
Our adversaries are evil. It is more than a motivational distinction.
Was McCain suffering from political illness or was he evil? Illness of a selfish form, I suggest. Ask the same about Andrew Cuomo or Bernie Sanders or Bill De Blasio or ol’ Nancy Pelosi or Hillary or Pocohontas Warren, especially in terms of their impulses about us, the hoi polloi: they are all evil, though sometimes beguiling–e.g. Sanders. Evil is good at beguiling! Especially when dealing with fools.

By: steve walsh

steve walsh — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 23:11:16 +0000

Cicero: you make a fair point, but I would argue evil versus illness is a motivation argument. It doesn’t matter to me which is the source, that they are wrong is enough, and I agree they must be resisted.

By: Cicero

Cicero — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 20:39:33 +0000

steve walsh:
The folks you cite are NOT sick nor are they mentally ill. We have a moral duty to care for those amongst us that are sick, but these people are EVIL. Our only duty in the face of Evil is total resistance.

I am very thankful the Federalist Society was born when it was, just in the nick of time. Otherwise we’d be in gulags by now, thanks to the ever-tender mercies of Barack Hussein and Eric the Red Holder.

By: stan Brown

stan Brown — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 16:03:41 +0000

Kruse is a good writer. I’ve read a number of his pieces over the years. He tries hard, but his leftist beliefs intrude when he can’t help it. Some months back, he did a piece where he went to Pa to learn why traditionally Democrat areas went from strongly supporting Obama to voting heavily for Trump. It was obvious throughout the piece that he genuinely wanted to understand. But he just couldn’t help arguing with the people he interviewed.

By: Mark30339

Mark30339 — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 14:10:41 +0000

A fitting post for your return from the home of black shirts and Gramsci. When the dominant media singles out a target for disdain, you can bet the target must be extremely effective in gaining ground for conservative principles.

By: Artfldgr

Artfldgr — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 12:21:41 +0000

since none care for the actual facts from history, no need for me to comment…

By: SCOTTtheBADGER

SCOTTtheBADGER — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 05:45:11 +0000

You went to school with some scary people.

By: steve walsh

steve walsh — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 01:25:22 +0000

My, these are some folks that are not well and that should seek professional help.

By: parker

parker — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 23:41:59 +0000

The hard left has taken over the democrat party during the last 20 plus years.They do not seek common cause, they seek a totalitarian rule, with real concentration camps, unlike the imaginary camps of the brain fevered twatters of the LIVs. Right now we are in a state where politics is war. The LIVs of the left better hope it doesn`t progress beyond the realm of the ballot box. The masters of the left must be stupid to believe they will be immune of the consequences of what they seem more than willing to provoke.

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 17:54:50 +0000

Nice fisking of the Politico article. It’s so typical of the slipped-in-slant that is almost unnoticeable unless one is looking for it. Of course, the right does the same thing (it’s impossible to eradicate baked-in-bias).
However, please give us a trigger warning if you are going to link to HuffPo!
I prefer to starve them of clicks.

“The election and re-election of Barack Obama undermined whatever inroads the conservatives had made (the following was written shortly before the inauguration of President Trump):”

Although I would like to institute a retirement age for judges, Supremes included, I think it is overall an advantage to have a long-phase cycle in one branch of the government, so long as the other two can alternate between parties more frequently. It smooths out ideological passions (or should).
The problem, as noted by the Federalist organizers, occurs when the elites that feed the branches (and the bureaucracy) are so seriously out of balance.