Just as the neoconservatives have seized control of the foreign policy apparatus by flouting international law and bypassing normal bureaucratic channels, neoconstitutionalists are poised to make the same
assault on constitutional government.
Just as America is the unrivaled superpower in world affairs, Right Wing control of the executive, legislative (and soon judicial) branches of domestic government has given it unbalanced power. The crucial Congressional responsibility of oversight has so far been abandoned, which has enabled greater abuses of power.
Loss of the majority in either House as voters express their disapproval of the corruption and incompetence would expose the secret abuses and misdeeds and
threatens to unravel the entire enterprise. We can now see clearly their strategy for protecting their grip on power.
Their goal is to greatly expand executive power and re-define legal concepts and definitions. This is most obviously evident in administration attempts to redefine torture and impart meaning to so-called "executive signing statements."
They are at the cusp of attaining a decades-long dream to insulate themselves against democratic processes by concentrating power in the executive backed by a compliant judiciary. This will allow them to maintain control without the consent of the governed.
The nomination of Judge
Samuel Alito is central to this strategy. As one of the original leaders in shaping the strategy for expanding executive power, he is a symbol of this movement. That's why he must be opposed. That's why
he must be filibustered.
This is a
nonpartisan issue. There is a surreptitious effort to non-democratically alter the form of constitutional government that has served us for over two centuries. Our Founding Fathers took special care to protect their infant democracy against the potential tyranny of a powerful executive. The balance of powers at the center of our Constitution is the most important reason contributing to the long-cherished stability and strength of our nation. The
entire Legislative branch of government must stand up.
THIS is the most important issue of our times. If they can succeed in this we will be powerless to fight all the other abuses.
In the NSA Wiretapping scandal, the problem is less with the actual wiretapping than it is with the executive's refusal to follow established law. Alito's selection is not important because it may mean the end of reproductive and other civil rights, but because it may effectively remove our ability to redress. I urge every DUer to write their Congressman, red or blue, and beg them to stand up to protect the integrity of the Constitution of the United States of America.