Having watched a number of Biden court nominee hearings, you can’t help but admire the incisive questioning by Senators Josh Hawley, Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz. And nothing is more entertaining than John Kennedy’s homespun wit, when to leftist advocate Myrna Perez he remarked: “And I understand you’ve been advised to say ‘precedent’. Precedent, precedent, precedent. When in doubt. Is it raining outside? ‘Precedent!’ But it inhibits our ability to have a rational discussion.” So the grilling of Pérez, and her impressive helmet of hair, may have seemed like a moment of transcendent wit and chess playing to progressives.
Smug Nominees Expose Biden
Yet, in reality it was a bad moment for leftism. On leave from the Brennan Center, Ms. Perez, in her gorgon-like locks, invoked “precedent” for nearly every question. She refrained from commenting on most cases because the issue could be litigated in her court. Perez also stated that rights emanated from the legislature not court opinions -- in direct contradiction to recent US history. But listening to Perez one felt her non-responsive, repetitive, smug replies were a criticism and insult to Republicans. While her previous activist published articles often criticizing cases she then refused to comment upon months later made her sound disingenuous, overly partisan, doctrinaire and ultimately foolish. It would be like Rosie O’Donnell going in for a Biden Cabinet interview for ATF Head, pretending she had no strong opinions on guns.
Perez refused the obvious point that judicial activists regularly find new rights in cases, like "privacy" to support abortion in Roe v. Wade. And, Perez wasn't being cut off because she was giving substantial answers which Senators didn't like. She was offering a false Catch-22: She couldn't comment on any subject which could theoretically be heard in her court. If that was really true then you couldn't hold such hearings. But she made a fool of herself by first voicing various political legal opinions which she then pretended she couldn't comment upon. If you're a leftist marinated in socialist cant and love ostentatious displays of resistance to the GOP, this was tofu turkey for vegans. But if you're a normal patriotic American, it was an asinine display of "up-yours" by an already out-of-the-closet radical leftist who thinks she's smarter than Einstein.
Prudence dictates we must assert: Liberali Delenda Est -- Leftism Must be Destroyed
Overall, the Biden nominees have been a terrible exercise in poor judgment for offering paltry candidates for important positions. It’s an insult to average Americans. But one can’t help but reflect the fact that Biden and his minions are obviously proposing that for America to fail, world democracy and socialists must win. So are these poor, overly partisan nominees the obvious result of wishing failure upon your society so America can “Fail Upwards” into world Marxism?
An unavoidable conclusion from the Democrats and their candidates -- Biden and other leftists scoff at Republicans and Conservatives. They believe themselves to be intellectually and morally superior. But even if that laughable canard were not true, leftist’s habit of confusing ideology for praxis, and exquisite moral preening for wisdom has created an extraordinarily reckless and dangerous moment in US history. Therefore, from Cato the Elder’s phrase: Carthāgō dēlenda est -- "Carthage must be destroyed," prudence dictates we must assert: Liberali Delenda Est -- Leftism Must be Destroyed.
Kelly O’Connell is an author and attorney. He was born on the West Coast, raised in Las Vegas, and matriculated from the University of Oregon. After laboring for the Reformed Church in Galway, Ireland, he returned to America and attended law school in Virginia, where he earned a JD and a Master’s degree in Government. He spent a stint working as a researcher and writer of academic articles at a Miami law school, focusing on ancient law and society. He has also been employed as a university Speech & Debate professor. He then returned West and worked as an assistant district attorney. Kelly is now is a private practitioner with a small law practice in New Mexico.
