I’m probably one of the few Christian bloggers who are not coming out hot and heavy for the Alito nomination.  Let’s go Alito, he’s our man, etc., etc.  Well I’m not coming out for him, nor for anyone else.

I like the voting booth.  It’s private —“ and that’s a protection.  My vote is between me, the machine, and God, and you know Deus ex machina.  It’s why we as the faithful must work to stop evil, must pray diligently, but must not yoke ourselves to anyone, most especially to someone in the government realm.

The problem as I see it comes down to this:

He’s a Politician:  Anyone in the judiciary or any other public office is subject to the old give and take.  Whether it be to financial supporters or interest groups what wield power, no one is true to who they are.  They can be, but alas are not.  Our system is too corrupt to allow it.  Can you imagine if he were to be honest about abortion or a thousand other things?  Rather, he will say what he has to.  If he were honest, the old ‘borked’ adage would be gone.  It would now be ‘roasted ala Alito.’  Even Peter capitulated under pressure in the outer court of the High Priest.  Can we expect more from Alito?

Where does he stand? Caveat emptor —“ how many Supreme Court nominees, once appointed were not who people thought they would be?  Plenty, and the Presidents’ that offered up the nominations were as surprised as the interest groups.  I don’t want to try to foretell the future of another person.  I don’t believe in fortunetelling in the first place and secondly I can’t even predict my own future.  Even if he had a slew of published decisions and writings expounding on the evils of abortion, euthanasia, or other pertinent subjects (he’s be dead already), it is already in the past.  The past can give us a clue, but only a clue.

Outward signs: OK he is Catholic, ethnic, has two children (good family planning I think), belongs to the right societies.  He has some good decisions and was nominated by an allegedly conservative president.  But remember the oft quoted Henri IV, ‘Paris is well worth a mass’.  It has been said that this quote shows the depth to which people would go for power.  While some scholarship reports it as being apocryphal, it is in any event a statement that makes the case very clearly —“ we do not truly understand another man’s motivations.

What’s the right thing to do:  Instead of pretending to read the political tea leaves, instead of pretending to know who gave whom private assurances and what secret litmus tests were administered, maybe, just maybe, we should pray twice as hard.

Pray that whomever is confirmed is a person of integrity.  Pray that the other Justices will be enlightened by the Holy Spirit.  Pray that those who are blind to government sanctioned murder will have their eyes opened.  Pray that their decisions on cases move to affirmatively end abortion, euthanasia, and thousands of other evils.  Pray that the states do not allow abortion and euthanasia to continue.

For me and my house we will pray.