our take on the U.S. Supreme Court...
1787’S PROMISE TO YOU:
1787 candidates will only nominate judges who have a high level of integrity
and an exceptional track record of competence and fairness. 1787 candidates will never
nominate a judge based solely on his or her political philosophy, ideology or party.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO AMERICAN JUDGES!
Beginning on Election Day 2020 through the January 6th Capitol insurrection
and its aftermath, honorable judges on all levels of the American court system
protected this nation from multiple unprecedented assaults on our democracy.
THANK YOU, FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS!
Article III courts (i.e., the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. courts of appeals, the U.S. district courts and the U.S. Court of International Trade) are meant to be a check on the legislative and executive branches. It’s imperative that, to all extent possible, the judicial branch be impartial, fair, and independent.
As Alexander Hamilton wrote in the Federalist Papers,
Independence of the judges is equally requisite to guard the constitution and the rights of individuals from the effects of those ill humours which the arts of designing men, or the influence of particular conjunctures, sometimes disseminate among the people themselves, and which, though they speedily give place to better information and more deliberate reflection, have a tendency in the meantime to occasion dangerous innovations in the government, and serious oppressions of the minor party in the community.
Unfortunately, the politicizing of the judicial branch is as old as politics itself. In these highly partisan times, it’s extremely important that we not allow our Judicial Branch to become a political pawn.
We must pay super close attention – regardless of who is in the White House or U.S. Congress – and ensure that judicial nominations are not based solely on partisan self-interest. We must watch these guys like hawks and hold every member of Congress accountable for every decision and vote they make.