Kennedy Drives off Another Bridge

Sen. Ted Kennedy, as I type, is once again embarassing himself, his state, and the United States Senate. Among other things, he said, "No Branch of government is so powerful that it can avoid accountability." That is precisely what the Supreme Court has done and what Sen. Kennedy has aided and abetted.

Sen. Kennedy would have Americans believe that Supreme Court decisions are one in the same with the Constitution. The Supreme Court can, in Kennedyland, amend the Constitution unilaterally and can be held accountable only by constitutional amendment. Kennedy ignores the role of Congress and the President in determining constitutionality even though both are sworn to defend the Constitution. Instead, Kennedy believes that the Supreme Court has been given the divine right to do whatever it pleases with the Constitution and with matters of national policy that appear nowhere in the Constitution. The checks and balances that are supposed to be at work in these hearings are ignored by the Court, and some Senators.

Although these hearings will surely be unfair and be peppered with subtle attacks on Judge Roberts, his faith, his family, and his philosophy, it is an opportunity for the country to see just how much power the Supreme Court has accumulated. Those who have not followed the Supreme Court closely will begin to wonder just how it got so much power that is supposed to be in the hands of those who are elected. This is a national civics lesson that will expose many liberals for what they are: election losers who realize judicial fiat remains the sole means to implement their extremist agenda.

What is that agenda for Sen. Kennedy's America? Those partially born cannot be protected, but terrorists must be. Condoms can be distributed in schools, but Bibles cannot. And states must recognize gay marriage but need not protect property rights.

The culture war is alive and well, and these hearings will show that the Constitution is on our side. By week's end, most of the American people will be as well.