There are many reasons Christians must vote in record numbers this November. Our country will elect a president, one-third of the Senate, and all 435 seats in the House of Representatives. Supreme Court justices are not elected. The president makes nominations, and then they must receive a majority vote in the Senate.
In the '60s, the Supreme Court ended prayer in public schools. In the '70s, the court claimed a constitutional "right" to abortion. In 2015, the justices overturned the traditional definition of marriage and reversed every state law prohibiting same-sex marriage.
Fast forward to 2024. The Supreme Court has a conservative majority that ended abortion on demand and is the most pro-religious liberty court in the last fifty years. The justices have eloquently defended parental rights, school choice, and our Second Amendment rights. These improvements are primarily due to Donald Trump's nominations of constitutionalists to fill three vacancies.
The fanatical secular left—Planned Parenthood and the LGBTQ lobby—is furious. They and their allies in Congress have launched unprecedented vicious attacks on specific justices, most notably Justice Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, and also on President Trump's three nominees, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. The heated rhetoric no doubt contributed to the 2022 attempted assassination of a justice.
President Biden has repeatedly made an adamant claim that is "raising eyebrows." The next president will be able to nominate at least two justices. How can Biden be definitive that there will be two Supreme Court vacancies in the next four years? Legal scholar Jonathan Turley was as astonished as we were. He points out that all the justices are younger than President Biden. The oldest are Justice Thomas, 76, Justice Alito, 74, and Justice Sotomayor, 70.
We agree that the Supreme Court is extremely important, particularly to those of us who believe in the sanctity of life and the freedom of religion.