We live in a dramatically different world than previous generations. The “Greatest Generation” fought a war to save the world. Boys of 18, 19 and 20 were drafted and sent to war. They heroically served and came home to unprecedented growth and prosperity. American families found work and were able to chase or sustain their American Dream. Kennedy famously asked what we were willing to do for our country. Today, many Americans ask what the country can do for them. Where do we stand? What are our priorities? With cuts to the military budget, could we make health care and higher education affordable to the masses? Does it make sense to give the uber wealthy tax relief at the expense of the middle class? If you’re pro-life, what are you willing to tolerate to attempt to outlaw abortion in the United States? Is it fair to excuse all college debt? What about all of the families that struggled to pay for their children’s education? Wouldn’t it make more sense for the government to create a program to convert the individual’s debt to zero or no interest loans and help the students pay off their debts without the crushing effect of high interest loans? We have three co-equal branches of government. The driving reason for this was to create checks on ourselves. The courts are to protect the citizens from abuses from the legislative or executive branches. Currently the executive branch has been directing their employees to disregard subpoenas issued by the legislative branch. Ultimately, the judicial branch will be required to determine if the subpoenas will be enforced. If the judiciary issues an order and one of the branches doesn’t comply with the order, we will be at crisis. The founding fathers anticipated elected officials that would seek to overstep but they never anticipated a generation of crybabies that don’t think that the rules should apply to them. If the judiciary is assailed when the opinion goes against you but praised when you prevail, you demean the credibility of the court. We are not a nation of us versus them. We are a nation of laws. Time for the citizens to provide leadership to our elected officials and embrace the courts and other institutions that has led the United States to be a moral leader in the world community. We cannot make everybody happy with every ruling. Judges are to fairly interpret law without bias or agenda. We need judges to follow their oaths and people to accept the outcome. Perhaps the challenge to our generation is not to fight a war to save the world but to battle to save our nation.
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