Conservative South Carolina being governed by liberal judges?

Do we need a legislature, when the
courts do as they please in regard to the
Constitution and law? 

South Carolina voters are not as “stupid” as some in the Obama Administration say we are.

We know Conservative ideology, when followed, produces positive results. But despite our votes for Republicans, in overwhelming numbers, our left-tilting courts are undermining the wishes of the voters.

It's time for the state's legislators to take a look at these courts, and other appointed governing bodies, to see that the will of the people is being done.

The S.C. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state does not provide a “minimally adequate” education to children in poorly performing districts.

Technically the court is aligning with Democrat politicians, and activists, to blame a lack of money for underachievement and failure.

But in most every poorly performing district, teenage pregnancy and single parents are at much higher rates than more successful districts. Where Democrats rule, the importance that sound moral decisions have on success, seems to take a backseat. Other social factors, like dependency on government, plague areas of our state that never seem to do any better academically, despite giving them more and more money.

In his dissent, SCOSC Justice John Kittredge wrote: “I view the Court’s decision as a policy opinion on the state of public education in South Carolina, in direct contravention of what this Court said it would not do in Abbeville I — act as a ‘super-legislature.’”

And he is 100 percent correct. It is the court trying to overwrite policy.

The S.C. Supreme Court, also on Wednesday, with the stroke of a pen, revoked the life sentences of 15 young murderers because their victims were killed while their murderers were juveniles.

The SCOSC said the juveniles have less capacity for mature decision-making, so they get a “get-out-of-jail free” card. Soft-on-crime liberals only spur more violence and murder. We any ill afford any more.

And it's not just judges. The S.C. Board of Education has let leftwing propaganda get into our high school courses. Our students are being taught a negative view of U.S. history, that omits important historical figures and events in an Advanced Placement U.S. history course. The course is being reviewed with no assurance – based on its affection for Common Core - the SC Education Board will find in favor of America. The course, critical of the U.S., does not mention U.S. founding fathers, civil rights leaders and military heroes.

Also on Wednesday , a lone federal judge (Gergel) stuck down a South Carolina constitutional provision that defined marriage between a man and a woman. That definition of marriage was supported by almost 80 percent of the South Carolina's voters.

So it's not just a state problem with leftwing activist judges. As Republican numbers are lifted by our voters, for federal offices, we need an effort to better vet judges to make sure the Constitution is their guide, not leftist political whims.