Call to Arms!

The title of this post may very well throw some people off - this has nothing to do with war (at least not in the WWII, Cold War, etc. sense). Rather, I call upon all those who care (and everyone should care) about the composition of the High Court to call or email their Senators and request fervently that those in the Senate press President Bush to nominate (and press the Senators on both sides of the aisle) a Supreme Court justice who can return some sense to constitutional law. A true originalist is what we need on the Court. As much as I abhor the need to use what was not-so-lovingly referred to last term as the 'nuclear option,' I think we may soon rue the fact that the conservatives bowed to the calls of the liberals in the Senate to not 'desecrate a historical tradition'. How's this for history? Advise and consent! Those who care should 'ready themselves for war' as Charles Schumer has apparently called it. I don't like it any more than the next person, and this could get heated and ridiculous, but it just may be a fight worthy of the name and effort. It is time to stand up for what the Constitution is, the supreme law of the land - not to be changed by the changing standards of the world, as some would have it, but to stand firm because a shifting law prevents a concrete standard of conduct - for both the government and the people committed to obeying it. Okay, that's enough of my rant about the Court for today :). Hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday!