{"id":12477,"date":"2018-07-09T23:59:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T23:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/the-constitutions-ultimate-power-we-the-people-have-questions-for-judge-kavanaugh\/"},"modified":"2018-07-09T23:59:42","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T23:59:42","slug":"the-constitutions-ultimate-power-we-the-people-have-questions-for-judge-kavanaugh","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/articles\/the-constitutions-ultimate-power-we-the-people-have-questions-for-judge-kavanaugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Ang Pangwakas na Kapangyarihan ng Konstitusyon, Tayong mga Tao, ay May mga Tanong para kay Judge Kavanaugh"},"template":"","class_list":["post-12477","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"As the attention turns from who the President will pick to the Senate's confirmation, it is important to remember that the U.S. Constitution is absolutely clear on one point: We the People are the ultimate power in our democracy. The people have questions for the nominee.","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":8379}","{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":12478}"],"related_issues":[113,2082],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"President Trump has nominated Judge Kavanuagh,\u00a0his second pick for the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, the Senate must act.\u00a0 There is no part of American life that isn't affected by the Court and much of the coverage speculates about what this means for specific issues. No matter what your primary issue concern is, there are questions about what the future holds.\r\n\r\nAnd then there is the ultimate issue -- the people's role in our democracy.\r\n\r\nThe Constitution as amended is open to interpretation, but on one issue in the original document, the Framers were crystal clear. Only the people, through our votes, give the government its legitimacy and power. No monarch, no military, no amount of money, no corporate entity, nor any politician can hold power without the people's consent.\r\n\r\nRecently, the Supreme Court in decisions from <em>Nagkakaisa ang mga mamamayan<\/em> sa <em>Shelby\u00a0<\/em>sa <em>Janus<\/em> and others, have shifted power away from people to wealthy special interests.\r\n\r\nSo, we the people, have questions. We lay them out in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/press-release\/scotus-nominee-july-2018\/\">pahayag<\/a>\u00a0of Common Cause President Karen Hobert Fynn. We also ask that you help us make sure these questions get asked by pushing them out on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\/\">Facebook<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommonCause?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and asking them of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/hanapin-ang-iyong-kinatawan\/\">home state senators<\/a>. Our legislative staff will be pressing Senators to ask them, but as with all things in our democracy -- when the people speak the politicians will ultimately realize they have to listen."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h3>Share these images to make sure these questions are asked during Judge Kavanaugh's hearings<\/h3>\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kavanaugh-SCOTUS-Key-Questions-205x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" \/>\r\n<div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kavanaugh-SCOTUS-Key-Questions.png\" data-layout=\"button\" data-size=\"large\" data-mobile-iframe=\"true\"><a class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcommoncause.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F07%2FKavanaugh-SCOTUS-Key-Questions.png&amp;src=sdkpreparse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Share<\/a><\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kavanaugh-Key-Cases-300x150.png\" alt=\"Kavanaugh Key Cases\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/>\r\n<div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kavanaugh-Key-Cases-300x150.png\" data-layout=\"button\" data-size=\"large\" data-mobile-iframe=\"true\"><a class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcommoncause.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F07%2FKavanaugh-Key-Cases-300x150.png&amp;src=sdkpreparse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Share<\/a><\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kavanaugh-Apply-the-Rule-of-Law-300x150.png\" alt=\"Kavanaugh Apply the Rule of Law\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/>\r\n<div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kavanaugh-Apply-the-Rule-of-Law-300x150.png\" data-layout=\"button\" data-size=\"large\" data-mobile-iframe=\"true\"><a class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcommoncause.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F07%2FKavanaugh-Apply-the-Rule-of-Law-300x150.png&amp;src=sdkpreparse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Share<\/a><\/div>\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kavanaugh-questions-300x150.png\" alt=\"Kavanaugh questions grahpic\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/>\r\n<div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kavanaugh-questions-300x150.png\" data-layout=\"button\" data-size=\"large\" data-mobile-iframe=\"true\"><a class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcommoncause.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F07%2FKavanaugh-questions-300x150.png&amp;src=sdkpreparse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Share<\/a><\/div>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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