A GREAT JUSTICE SPEAKS – AT 12:31 P.M. ET:  In our quote of the day, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas of the United States Supreme Court paid tribute to his late colleague, Antonin Scalia.  From AP:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas called on fellow conservatives Thursday to continue the work of the late Justice Antonin Scalia to keep the power of the courts and other branches of government in check.

Thomas told 1,700 people at a dinner in honor of Scalia that the Supreme Court has too often granted rights to people that are not found in the Constitution. He cited the decision in 2015 that made same-sex marriage legal across the country.

Thomas said he and his longtime friend and colleague formed an "odd couple" of a white New Yorker and a black man from Georgia.

He paraphrased Lincoln's Gettysburg address to exhort the audience to "be dedicated to the unfinished business for which Justice Scalia gave his last full measure of devotion."

COMMENT:  An appropriate message for this November 19th, the anniversary of Lincoln's 1863 address at Gettysburg. 

Keeping government power in check is at the heart of true conservatism.  Even if one favors actions like the Roe v. Wade decision of the Supreme Court, or the gay marriage decision, these social changes are better left to democratic action at the state level, or even the local level. 

Expect a shift in that direction under the new administration.,

November 19, 2016