Partisan justices not what was intended

It sounds like an oxymoron, but it has become the accepted reality of the appointment process to the Supreme Court that the appointee will be biased, leaning to the right or to the left.

I can feel the tremors caused by the Founding Fathers rolling over in their graves as they realize that appointments are not made to assure that justice is meted out blindly and evenly balanced as portrayed by Lady Justice as she stands guard at our courts, but with a bias that supports the ideology of the president who appoints them and the Congress that approves their appointment.

When did we so easily accept that the Supreme Court justices are not neutral, balanced and blind to their own biases? And that they are expected to steer the country to left or to the right to satisfy those who provided them with this incredible authority to control the direction and morals of our nation?

What has made us so biased and bigoted in our collective political thinking that we strive to get our point of view to be the law of our land even if it is not respectful of others with whom we may disagree?

Let us collectively insist that justices stop peeking out from under their blindfolds and assure that the scales of justice always remain balanced.

We all must accept some compromise and realize we cannot always have it our way. We are in this together. Let’s act that way.

JOHN BODEN,