The Courts have all but abandoned any reference to the Constitution, likewise the Congress and Executive Branch. We feel the rumblings of a reintroduced Fairness Doctrine, the crushing affect of political pressure against anyone who voiced opposition to Obama, the haughty disdain shown by the incoming administration to pointed questions from reporters. Last week most liberals lined up behind the actions of Harry Reid and various Illinois officials in opposing the seating of a legitimately appointed Senator. Do we really want to empower the Senate Majority Leader with the power to admit or turn away Senators solely on political motivations?

This concentration of power and the creation of a “super cabinet” beyond review and confirmation by the Congress and vesting in it powers rightly assigned to cabinet officers is scary. Liberals will see it as sinply an expedient way to achieve badly needed ends. But it opens a Pandora’s Box that this nation should want to avoid.

So much for the vaunted constitutional law professor restoring rspect for the Constitution and the rule of law in Washington.

Either leave the appointee position vacant or put some nice, confirmable guy in there with the full understanding that if he even hints at actually doing his job, he’s fired. Then, run the agency from the mayor or governor’s office or from the White House as the case may be.