Republican Presidents and those in congress like to support so called strict constitutional judges to the supreme court, especially the chief justice for his swaying power over the eight other justices. Republicans have a tendency to forget conservative judges are not all into ideology and are more inclined to follow the law and the constitution instead of an opinion based on ideology. The democrats don't have that problem when appointing judges to the federal court.
The republicans have spent more time on the issue of abortion and the ACA in the last 40 years than any other issue and those two issues are still on top of their to do list. Yet, both of those issues were decided by a conservative leaning supreme court with a chief justice that was appointed by two republican Presidents. Chief justice Warren Burger who was appointed by President Richard Nixon voted with the majority in Roe v. Wade on the abortion issue. Chief justice John Roberts who was appointed by President George W. Bush voted with the majority to up hold the ACA. Both chief justices were appointed because of their conservative views. Those two major cases turned the republican party's conservative ideology on its head because the courts recognized the constitution and facts over ideology. And the republicans have failed to overturn both decisions because they are still using ideology and lies to do so.
And now America has the trumpet man leading the party who has added more lies to the two issues and are trying to undo both, especially the ACA with executive orders backed by lies and sabotage. Working Americans are paying a heavy price for the republicans failure to govern in a democratic manner and the rule of law and the trumpet man has taken the country to a new low in governing. The courts will have to be relied on more and more to keep Trump and the republicans in check.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
