Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer spoke to the audience at the National Conference On Citizenship last Thursday in the National Archives.  He focused on the central role of democracy in the US Constitution, saying he felt all of his colleagues in the Supreme Court would probably agree even as they differ on interpreting its parts.  This may seem fair enough.  Indeed, he made a point of stating the obviousness of his argument.  Democracy is the fundamental principle our Constitution guards.

The problem is, like Justice Breyer, 600,000 citizens in the District of Columbia are denied democratic representation in the House of Representatives.  I asked him what he thought of that.  Unfortunately, he couldn't answer the question, despite the First Amendment, as he said Supreme Court Justices have to remain publicly impartial.

For now, he has to wait for the Senate, and the recalcitrant minority therein, to let DC Voting Rights pass so that he can exercize his Constitutional duty to give his opinion (should someone be so undemocratic as to challenge it).  For his, my and all our sakes, I hope to see that day soon.