Letters: Court shouldn’t be about politics

The upcoming war over the nomination of a justice to replace Antonin Scalia is one of the most overt demonstrations of how far we have strayed from our constitutional foundation. Under the plan our founders envisioned, there should be little to no controversy. The president would simply appoint a person of proven character, whose record testifies to an understanding of the Constitution and an intent to see it followed.

But this is not what the power elite or their special interests want. They want a person who will twist the Constitution to accommodate their pet agenda.

This is a sad testimonial to what partisanship has done to us. Every time a divisive question comes before the court, we hear more about whether liberal or conservative justices dominate the court than we hear about whether the Constitution really speaks to the matter.

Unfortunately, it seems that we the people have come to expect and even agree with this perversion of justice. And so we remain perpetually at one another’s throats.