If a Republican occupied the White House, wouldn’t Republicans feel it is appropriate for the president to nominate a Supreme Court justice? Wouldn’t Democrats believe it would be fairer to wait for a new president to nominate a justice? It seems there’s plenty of hypocrisy on both sides right now!
Let President Obama do his job and nominate the next justice. Hopefully, his pick will be a person that senators from both parties can be open-minded to accepting or rejecting based on his or her qualifications.
I’m sure most Americans believe the US still has the best form of government in the world. But, a growing number of people feel our political system, as we’re continuing to learn during this presidential campaign, is in need of major improvement.
Would limiting presidents to one six-year term be a step in the right direction? How about electing senators every four years, and limiting senators and House representatives to 20 years in Congress? And, would limiting Supreme Court justices to 20 years of service be a good idea?
Shouldn’t both Republicans and Democrats want to work together on legally viable campaign reform that would reduce the need to raise and spend more money every election? Don’t both parties want to put their heads together on improving a presidential campaign system in which only a few voters from a handful of states largely determine the major candidates?
I would hope so!
Improving our political system so that the government can function to its fullest in the best interests of our country can be done — and will be done, hopefully soon. Putting hypocritical rhetoric about the nomination of the next Supreme Court justice aside would be a good start this week.
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