Chapter 14 Blog

I find it interesting that most of the United States Supreme Court Justices attended Harvard or Yale. Stephen G. Breyer is the 108^th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. He was appointed in 1994 by President Bill Clinton. Breyer argues that the job of the Supreme Court is to apply the Constitution’s values to modern circumstances, using the tools of judging: precedent, text and an assessment of the purpose of the constitutional provision at issue. I agree that the Constitution should be applied to modern day circumstances. Our country was built and is based upon the Constitution, and no matter what the circumstances may be, the Constitution should stay relevant to today.

I think judicial review should be exercised regularly. In today’s world, I think most people in charge of the country have disregarded the Constitution. Every time a school shooting happens, they start talking about taking guns away, when it is the people’s Second Amendment right. They never think that maybe the people, who use the gun to do these horrendous things, have serious mental health problems. I think the government should start with mental health people than all of the United States.

If it is possible to strictly apply the Constitution and apply the Constitution to the changes of society, then I think both. I think the constitution should be applied strictly to the changes of society. The Constitution needs to be strictly enforced, but it also needs to adapt to society. The way I think it is now, is the government has kind of pushed aside enforcing the Constitution as a way to work around what is needed for society, essentially governing unconstitutionally. 

I commented on the blogs of Robert Johnson, Mathew Cooper, and Stephanie Steele.