Your editorial "Exceptional Court Coverage" speaks to the necessity to
hear in real time the Supreme court discussion on the health care
challenge, as its determination will "affect every American". It is
critical, so your words would suggest, that the process, not only the
result, be known to the American public.
Yet it strikes me as odd that we seemingly accept without comment
that the super-committee has gone about reaching its answers outside of
our watchful eye. How are we a government of the people when a decision
of such potentially monumental economic importance is made in silence?
I understand that, in the highly unlikely event an agreement is
reached, it will be subject to congressional scrutiny and review, and we
will be permitted in on that subsequent conversation. But why only
then? I don't agree with the implicit premise that those charged with
governing can only do so effectively when we are not interfering with
our presence. Our ability to "participate" in the critical arguments
that impact our lives, whether before the Supreme Court, or behind the
closed doors of the super-committee are at the essence of what "we the
people" should mean.
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