Judge not ~

Open letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee

Esteemed Senators:

Forgive my presumption in addressing you on this matter. I do so from the perspective of an elder citizen. Now that you are about to vote pro or con Judge Samuel Alito’s confirmation, it would be prudent for us to remember that it is in the quest for the Holy Grail that idealism is put to the test, finding it is of somewhat lesser importance.

If it is already decreed that Judge Samuel Alito will be confirmed as our next Supreme Court Justice, how much better it would be to have him ushered into office in a spirit of amity and pride. To encumber him now with meaningless nay votes, would be a bitter exercise of rancor.

Interrogation has concluded. It is time now for us to start our descent from the summit of Mount Sanctimony. The atmosphere at that height is often too rarefied for healthful respiration and cerebration. Better now to walk the meadows of humility where we can search for ways to re-instill concord and harmony to our proceedings.

Were Judge Alito to be confirmed with unanimity, would it not reflect great honor on the Judiciary Committee? Would it not be well for him to assume his office auspiciously? And not incidentally, would it not allow those who have opposed him to acquire some well earned political equity?

How we seniors yearn to see the members of Congress assiduously seek and respect each other’s counsel. Who among us doesn’t know that a diversity of well-reasoned views can be an inexhaustible mother lode of wisdom? And to our dismay, do we not also know that if we persist in erecting unbreachable walls between us, we will remain helplessly and tragically isolated from each other.

Allow me to close by paraphrasing a time-honored aphorism: Judge not with personal bias or animosity, lest ye too be judged, injudiciously.

Respectfully,

The Horn

Addendum: If any of our readers have access to members of the committee, please direct this letter to their attention. Thank you.

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I simply wanted to say that I didn't forget about your blog. Your responses to my questions/comments were greatly appreciated and I apologize for not responding sooner.By the way, your comments on the confirmation of Judge Alito are insightful. I happened to catch a lot of the interrogation process and was absolutely appalled by the conduct of some members of the judiciary committee. I believe that Judge Alito handled himself well and rose above the partisan politics of the committee.You are correct. It is now simply time for reconciliation.Thank you again for all of your insight. ~ Lindsey Russell

Papa,

Ray and I just read your blog about abortion. We just had a lengthy conversation about this while dining with friends. We couldn't agree with you more. It is unconscionable to me that these Zealots can protect trees and animals, but can't defend the poor innocent babies that are being disposed of like the Monday morning trash. Listening to some of the questions and comments that the democratic senators have addressed to Judge Alito, makes me crazy because when it comes down to it one of the biggest problems democrats have with conservatives is the stance on Abortion. I too, don't think it should be under the government's domain either. If someone has an abortion, that decision MUST lie solely with their own consciences and at their own expense. ~ Elaine Connery

1.24.05 In a party line vote today, the committee approved sending Judge Alito's nomination to the full senate. The democrats are being shamefully acrimonious and politically shortsighted in this process. Notwithstanding that they are waning in influence and diminishing in numbers, they are continuing to self destruct. Inevitably, the living fetus will one day be recognized as a human person and feticide will be deemed a capital crime, except perhaps when it is declared to be medically necessary. ~ Dom Gabriele