hail to the chief

Dear Senator Portman,


Thank you for representing Ohio for these last few years.

So, we have all seen the recent news reports that summarize the comments of Chief Justice Roberts, comments that he made a few weeks before the passing of Justice Scalia, stating that the Senate should ensure that nominees are qualified, he said, and leave politics out of it.

In his words ...

“When you have a sharply political, divisive hearing process, it increases the danger that whoever comes out of it will be viewed in those terms,” he said. “If the Democrats and Republicans have been fighting so fiercely about whether you’re going to be confirmed, it’s natural for some member of the public to think, well, you must be identified in a particular way as a result of that process.”

“We don’t work as Democrats or Republicans,” the chief justice said, “and I think it’s a very unfortunate impression the public might get from the confirmation process.”              

Are you still in disagreement with the Chief Justice on this issue ? It is time to reconsider your current position, and take actions which are in the best interest of a healthy and fully functioning Supreme Court.

Please re-read Article II, Sec 2 of the Constitution, and recall the oath to which you pledged in January of this year, to assess whether your current position is sufficiently respectful to the Supreme Court, and its Chief Justice   ... and then please #doyourjob, or do the honorable thing and resign.


Thanks for your consideration,