From the Chairman’s Desk: The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Joseph J. Ellis, author of many books on the nation’s founding era, wrote in the Wall Street Journal: “It is now received wisdom that perhaps the single most important power of the American president is the nomination of Justices to the Supreme Court. As a result of the debate over the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, both sides agree that the future direction of the American republic is at stake, because the next appointment will determine the political tilt of the judicial body that has become the ultimate arbiter of the laws under which we live.”Ellis noted that the last thing the thirty-nine signers of the Constitution wanted was for The Supreme Court to become “supreme”. They expected that “status to belong to Congress.” For most of history, the Court rarely “stepped forward to redefine the political landscape in decisive fashion.” Two examples of the most “conspicuousRead More →