The Final Arbiter, Part II
bargaining, the Constitution would be reduced to a battleground of competing factions, political passion and partisan spirit" (James Madison's notes from the Constitutional Convention).
Such lofty goals, yet in reality, there is little doubt in my mind that the envisioned "independent process" has been significantly compromised, on at least one occasion. I remain hopeful because I have seen what the Court can and has done in the past, to promote justice across the land. And it is that history that keeps hope alive for me.
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes so appropriately captures the very essence of the United States Supreme Court and its stature, in his cornerstone address at the Supreme Court building when he said, "The Republic endures and this is the symbol of its faith."
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