Our Constitution is not a living, breathing document -- it is a social contract the American people establish amongst themselves, without the contagion of foreign concepts of jurisprudence or the whims of leftist professors.
Had Liu been approved by the full Senate today, it would have sent a clear signal that judicial appointments would have been treated no better than tenure at a major university -- a brass ring for liberals who would then discard any pretentions to standards, but rather invent them as they go along. When the standard is the United States Constitution, viewpoints such as Liu's simply do not merit a position of trust.
Traditional Values Coalition extends its thanks to those members of the U.S. Senate that stood with the American people and rejected the outright radicalism of Obama's latest judicial nomination.
