I am angry but for the first time in living memeory, so is the majority. I have watched the dishonesty, the hypocrisy, for decades and it does not get better, it gets worse. The politicians are craven cowards. The judiciary have sowed the wind and have now brought us to the verge of reaping the whirlwind.
At this point, there is only one pertinent question and it is a very pragmatic one: "How, specifically, is the situation to be fixed? What, exactly, are we to do?" Is it realistic to think that we can infuse certain judges with a dose of character after a lifetime of hypocrisy? Who will hold them accountable? And if no one will, as has been true for decades, what then is to be done?
Yes, I am angry. I have seen this situation coming for so very long. I am angry because I care. Simple honesty would have resolved the situation before; that is, certain decisions would never have been written. Principled action would resolve it now, but the politicians' track record is dismal in this regard -- they will talk, not act. So what, specifically, do we do?
There are many things to do, for there are many people to do them. Mr. Keyes is kindly suggesting that whatever we do, let us not be revolutionary in our reaction . . . .when that denunciation reaches the point of open and active contempt for the very office and authority of the courts, making principled but unpopular judicial decisions impossible, an equally crucial bulwark to our liberty is in danger.