We tend to do this a lot in life. We start wandering down a dark path, lose sight of where we’re going, and then fail to see the forest from the trees. We, as a society, have to strive to make life better for ourselves. The whole point of controlling the border is to make life better. In the end, this law is all about looking for foreigners. Ultimately, we’re all immigrants, making us all potentially illegals. Does treating every person in the state like a potential criminal make life better?

She’ll be confirmed. She’ll be an okay Justice. But I cannot in good conscience support her. It’s a matter of principle.

I realize that to some people this may sound like the whining of a privileged white male bemoaning social justice, but there’s no justice here. Minorities deserve special treatment, the apologists claim, because the prosperity of whites was built upon the enslavement of others and therefore reverse racism is merely the leveling of the playing field. On this, I call bullshit. It’s absolutely absurd. The insanity of such a statement is so enormous that I have trouble articulating how ridiculous it is because of the sheer volume of reasons that instantly leap to mind and struggle to come rushing forth all at once.

Has anyone honestly asked themselves if she’s the best qualified person for the job? At this point, does anyone even have the information available to make that kind of judgment? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was some kind of process to find these things out? You know, like a hearing or a committee or something?