Well, the law for the most part is public opinion, the only fundamental truths, i.e. rights, are that all men are created equally, and they have the unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
And that we have created a government that is to ensure these rights. Everything else is public opinion. But my question here is; what was the extremist political line that the house majority leader wanted the judges to follow? The idea that we need to shield judges from anything is absurd, they are servants to the people, and around here the local ones are elected. If we shield the judges from the people and politics how are we supposed to know who we think will make the right choice? We need to ensure that the judges rule by the law. If I think one is not, then it is my responsibility to my district, state, and country to make my complaint known to the judge and the rest of the people. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 3:39 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: GOP: 2 Branches of Gov't Enough. > > "It was appalling when the House majority leader threatened political > retribution against judges who did not toe his extremist political > line. But when a second important Republican stands up and excuses > murderous violence against judges as an understandable reaction to > their decisions, then it is time to get really scared." > > Editorial From The New York Times: > http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/06/opinion/06wed1.html > > To me it sounds like we've got a formally federalist Republican party > that is now nationalist. As such they've decided that the 3 branches > of government should really be 2 - that is, they are saying the > judiciary should have no authority and no power. > > That's scary to me because I've always looked at the law, and > therefore the judiciary, as protecting the rights of the minority. > The Republicans seem to be saying that law should be a matter public > opinion rather than fundamental rights. > > Fairly scary stuff. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152962 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
