The constitution was deliberately written to establish a separation and balance of powers in order to limit government's intrusion on the ordered liberty of the citizens.

Today, in light of Obama's recently unearthed radio interview where he stated that the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren "never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth and sort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society," and where he also noted that the Court "didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution, at least as it has been interpreted.", the Wall Street Journal published an excellent op-ed by Professor Steven Calabresi that discussed the type of federal judges a President Obama would appoint. Read the entire op-ed here.

Professor Calabresi's conclusion? "Nothing less than the very idea of liberty and the rule of law are at stake in this election. We should not let Mr. Obama replace justice with empathy in our nation's courtrooms."

As Christians, are we ready to have unelected judges make decisions based on their own ideas of what is fair or seems right, especially considering what passes for intelligent thought today, and not based on the Constitution and properly enacted legislation? I'm not.