The American Way?

The high court "battle" began back in 1935.

Daniel Henninger writes about the Supreme Court's drift away from the traditional role which was envisioned by the founders to its current political activism. Interestingly this change coincided with the ascendancy of socialism and the doctrine that all problems were the province of the state and state planners. But just as socialism has failed in the realm of economics, so has it failed in the realm of the judiciary.

The attempt by utopians on the court to fashion the perfect society has resulted in an explosion of litigation and a collapse in public confidence in the fairness and objectivity of the court. Thus the court is seen more as a means for the well-connected to redistribute wealth and power to themselves rather than as a forum for the objective application of law and justice. That was the message of the recent Kelo case. The solution is to return the court to its traditional role as impartial arbiter of the law rather than as an arm of the utopian's social engineering schemes. And you can bet that the Angry Left will understand this and fight against it with all their might.