Honoring The Court's Intellectual Giant

Weekly Update from Dinesh D'Souza

Dear Friends,

Last week, the nation was shocked with the news of Justice Scalia's death. As we were still reeling from the news of the conservative warrior's death, the pundits began to speculate immediately about what the vacancy on the Court means for Obama, for the Republican Congress, and for the 2016 election.

But before we begin to discuss the political ramifications, it is fitting and proper to honor Scalia for what he was: ‪an intellectual giant on the Court and perhaps the most eloquent Justice going all the way back to the early part of the 20th century. History will see him as a luminous figure in our time.

In this conversation with Judge Jeanine Pirro on Fox News, I cover both the legacy of Scalia and the implications of his death on the political process in 2016. Watch now:

Of course Obama and Hillary reacted to the news in a most expected manner. Our Divider-in-Chief has decided to skip the funeral for "security footprint" reasons, and Hillary immediately alleged that the GOP's refusal to confirm an Obama replacement for Scalia was due to "systematic racism." As for Obama's tantrum, I for one am glad that the most lawless president in modern American history won't be at Scalia's funeral—it would most certainly sully the occasion.

While Obama was busying himself pitting Americans against one another this week, the Pope decided to do some dividing of his own. Speaking specifically about Trump during a trip to Mexico on Thursday, Pope Francis pontificated that "a person who thinks only about building walls…is not Christian." Really? Maybe if Christians had more walls, the Muslims wouldn't have conquered the Middle East and large parts of Europe from the 7th to the 10th centuries!

Perhaps the best answer to Francis can be found in Frost's "Mending Wall": "Good fences make good neighbors."

Sincerely,

Dinesh D'Souza

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