Three Moldbug Quotes

There are two ways at looking at the Supreme Court. The conservative way is to think that the business of the justices is no different than that of the lower court judges - apply the law as it exists.

The second way is to think that the Supreme Court is a political institution comparable to the presidency & the congress.

The latter is a liberal position, and like all liberal positions, it in some manner forces the issue. If conservatives don't adopt the liberal perception, then over time, the liberal positions prevail.

What we need is a genuinely activist conservative Supreme Court. We need for the conservative Justices to make new law, overturn liberal precedent, and in general function as a political branch of the government.

We conservatives cannot win if we insist on the idea that the business of the Supreme Court is to look to the intention of the Founders, and try to construe the law in the fashion that the Founders intended.

The Supreme Court has become a political institution no different than the Congress or the Presidency. It's time that conservatives deal with that.

punditius -- interesting post. However, I don't see it likely the voting public of this country will opt for a conservative activist supreme court. As the years progress, the people of this country have developed an even greater sense of selfishness and entitlement. They want *more*, not *less* from government. They aren't prepared to pay for it, of course, but that's because rational thinking has long since been scrubbed from their abilities.

Cynical? I don't think so. Sadly realistic is how I'd characterize that.

Don - I wish I could say that I don't agree with you.