Barak Obama stated that he would be "putting huge emphasis on a justice who would bring a fight-for-the-little-guy sensibility to the job" in his nominee for the next Supreme Court Justice.
Pardon me for mentioning this, but that is NOT their job, and for someone who claims to be a Constitutional scholar, Obama does not seem to understand the Constitution at all - or holds it in contempt. Their job is to make sure that the Constitution is upheld, REGARDLESS of whether or not it helps "the little guy", or anyone else.
When did people begin to believe the job of the Supreme Court is to establish their idea of social justice? READ the Constitution, people - their job description is laid out and made clear, and it does NOT include activism on behalf of ANYONE. When a justice "fights for the little guy", he is using the law to discriminate AGAINST everyone else. Their job is to make sure the laws treat everyone - great and small - equally.
Liberals do not like that - they want the "little guy" to get preferential treatment. Hence, their push for welfare, Health Care, and all other social programs. If they want to do that, fine - do it legally. But do not try to do it through activist Justices who hold the Constitution in contempt. If liberals do not like what the Constitution says, then there is a process for changing it, called "amending".
By offering any type of preferential treatment to any segment of society, all other segments become lesser, and do not have the same protections of law. That is in direct violation of the "equal protection" clause in the 14th Amendment.
It is not for the courts to establish "social justice". It is their job to insure that everyone receives equal treatment under any Constitutional law. Beyond that, "social justice" becomes the province of the churches and the people.
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