Stephen L. Carter has written an op-ed worth reading in the July 3, 2005 New York Times entitled: Disorder in the Court.
He reminds us that the judiciary was designed to be independent. He’s right. The Founding Fathers wanted it to be one of the checks and balances in our new system of government.
Carter also points out the sorry history of confirmation hearings and how inappropriate the process has become.
"…The spectacle we have made of confirmation hearings reinforces the public notion that the justices exist to decide cases the way political movements want them to. Liberals think the right started it, and conservatives think the left started it, but the important question is not who started it but who is going to stop it."
Exactly!
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