I want to note that, historically, the make-up of the court has changed just as elected branches have change.

You can look at founding father Alexander Hamilton nevertheless assuring - assuring - the countrymen in Federalist 78 that the role of the federal courts under the proposed Constitution would be limited.

In recent years, even as the court has become an increasingly political body, the Senate is not focused on preserving any perceived ideological balance when Democrat presidents have appointed people to the court.

The next president needs to know foreign policy and not learn it on the job.

The court's injected itself in the definition of marriage, deciding whether or not human life is worth protecting, permitting government to transfer private property from one person to another, even interpreting the Constitution on the basis of foreign and international laws.

I always think that the party that offers the most hope and ideas for the future is the party that wins.

We are at our best when we help the weakest. The weak make us strong.