March 22, 2017
Gorsuch hearings exposing Democrats’ lust for judges to act as dictators
By Thomas Lifson
In the Democrats' fury to avenge the stalling of Merrick Garland's nomination for the Court by lame duck Barack Obama, they are revealing their contempt for the rule of law and their desire for judges to act as dictators, picking winners and losers based on who they are, not on what the law and the facts of a case say. This gutting of the Constitution has been at the heart of progressives' program to remake society, using judicial activism to rewrite laws that the democratically elected Congress and president refuse to revise.
But usually, they are not so open about it. Start with a desired outcome (usually establishing new "rights" for some group identified as "victims"), and then creatively find a rationale for rewarding the favored group. This is the very definition of tyranny: an unelected, unaccountable dictator creating laws, prohibitions, and rights according to personal preferences.
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