#1 "Barack Obama has always believed that our courts should stand up for social and economic justice…Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor said.”
This represents one of the fundamental distinctions between liberal and conservative ideologies. The liberals contend that it’s government’s responsibility to continually cure the nations social ills by creating laws that will ultimately reshape its citizens values. That is why they favor justices that interpret the constitution as an evolving declaration. Whereas, conservatives believe that government should be representative of their essential values in order to maintain its inherent civility and justice. That is why they have tended to favor justices with a constructionist interpretation of the constitution. This issue may seem dry and anecdotal to many voters but it resonates with informed Independents. Look for the obligatory “Turn back the Clock” cliché in response by the Democrats. |