No, they're saying no one has ultimate power. All branches are accountable for what they do. You seem to think that once a Judges gets in he can do whatever the hell he wants and there's nothing anyone can do to stop him. Now that's scary.
<clip>He thumbed his nose at the separation of powers, suggesting that the Supreme Court be "an enforcer of political decisions made by elected representatives of the people." Avoiding that nightmare is precisely why the founders made federal judgeships lifetime jobs and created a nomination process that requires presidents to seek bipartisan support. </clip> Who makes the laws? Who enforces the laws? I don't understand why this is a nightmare? Judges do not make laws or policy. They interpret the laws that Congress approves and a President signs. No nightmare, we've been doing it that way all along. When they start to legislate from the bench they need to be stopped. Judge Rowland Barnes was not a federal judge he was appointed by Zell Miller when he was Governor Greer wasn't either, only Joan Lefkow was a federal judge. The NYTimes doesn't use editors for op-eds? On Apr 6, 2005 12:38 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: > "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:5:152963 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
