hillary clinton surely doesn<u+2019>t want to abide by the constitution (<u+201c> hillary<u+2019>s new constitution ,<u+201d> review & outlook, oct. 21). progressives like mrs. clinton are political detritivores, termites that hollow out laws from within so that they no longer have the force of meaning that their words were intended to have. progressive critical studies are predicated on this concept, as are progressive political campaigns that skillfully appeal to egalitarian emotions as a tool to undermine normative values and beliefs. once this is accomplished, anything is permitted<u+2014>even late trimester abortions. this is mrs. clinton<u+2019>s criteria for choosing future supreme court nominees. just as secretary clinton commingled state department business with her private foundation interests, she also sees nothing wrong with commingling supreme court jurisprudence with social policy-making from either the legislative branch, bureaucratic departments or any social-action entity whose ideology she shares. not only would this undermine the separation of powers established in our constitution, it would utterly corrupt what the american revolution stood for as a bulwark of individual citizen<u+2019>s rights against monarchical-style government being imposed on the people<u+2014>even under the guise of egalitarian progressivism. richard reay riverdale, n.y. any high-school civics student knows that the separation of powers under the constitution requires the supreme court to interpret the constitution independently from presidential or congressional influence. mrs. clinton<u+2019>s goal to ensure her supreme court appointees act as a political arm of her administration is patently unconstitutional. which is worse<u+2014>mrs. clinton knows, as a long time lawyer, that her designs for the supreme court are unconstitutional and she was pandering to voters at the debate, or she believes she can get away with her plan? len stevens portland, ore.
the oath says: <u+2018>preserve, protect and defend<u+2019> - wsj
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