tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959556.post4495249934673854934..comments2024-02-21T17:30:40.448-05:00Comments on An Objectivist Individualist: Ilya Shapiro on Supreme Court ConfirmationsCharles R. Anderson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09610765984333672076noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959556.post-50759987493471524512021-08-07T15:17:10.571-05:002021-08-07T15:17:10.571-05:00I agree. Here is another evil of too-big governmen...I agree. Here is another evil of too-big government: The imbalance of federal branches underlies shift in the U.S. Supreme Court’s role. The Court is increasingly not an arbiter of constitutionality but is a super-legislator on public issues because Congress has scarpered. Consequently, advocates petition the Court by, among other means, orchestrating public rallies wherever possible, including nomination hearings, to promote decisions that support their political beliefs. On October 8, 2018, Senator Ben Sassse of Nebraska opened Senate hearings for a U.S. Supreme Court nomination by denouncing Congress’s abdication of lawmaking by passing it along to “experts” in the federal executive departments (which now dictate the law under the Court’s “deferral” exception). Sasse complained that Congress, having despaired of managing the exacting details of government, has fueled the Court’s politicization precisely because voters have ceased to rely on their representatives to correct civil grievances and have turned (not unreasonably) to lobbying the Supreme Court as “superlegislators" who may right the wrongs ignored in other places. <br />As for disastrous constitutional results, what else could result?<br /><br />https://www.wsj.com/articles/blame-congress-for-politicizing-the-court-1536189015Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com