Political Quotes

“I want to return to the Constitutional Convention that he spoke of from 216 years ago. Among the last issues resolved at the Constitutional Convention was the question of whose job it is to select the members of this third branch of Government that was to be created. We have an executive branch, the legislative branch with the House and Senate, and a judicial branch. At that time in this country there was a great concern on the part of those framing the Constitution and trying to craft a framework of our Government. Foremost among the concerns they had was the concern that somehow we would unintentionally invest too much power, too much authority in one person. Having dealt with the King of England and not wanting to have to deal with another figure of authority with the kind of powers of a monarch, there was a great debate over what would the powers be for this new President and how would we constrain those powers. Among the last issues resolved at the Constitutional Convention was the question of who selects the judges, who selects the members of that third branch of the judiciary.”