The judicial mindset of Brett Kavanaugh
The Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
If Alexander Hamilton had been nominated for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court today, Democrats would likely oppose him.
About the court, Hamilton said: “[A] limited Constitution can be preserved in practice no other way than through the medium of courts of justice, whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void. Without this, all the reservations of particular rights or privileges would amount to nothing. To deny this would be to affirm that men acting by virtue of powers may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid “
In Federalist No. 78, Hamilton said that the judiciary branch of the proposed government would be the weakest of the three branches because it had “no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society. It may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment “
Read more at: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/11/the-judicial-mindset-of-brett-kavanaugh/
I've got to think, a very well-thought out article by Cal.
