Its not just the Shiavo issue. It seems that the neo-convervative is undertaking a very serious assault on the judiciary. Aside from Tom Delay's threats of retribution on the Federal judges who disagreed with him, there was also Sen. John Cornyn of Texas's threats to the judiciary as well (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26236-2005Apr4.html).
I had always thought that the purpose of the 3 branches of the government was to serve as checks and balances to each other. It would seem that the Republican leadership has decided become unbalanced. They are beginning to sound like a bad imitation of the Sopranos. larry On Apr 7, 2005 10:42 AM, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it republicans, or is it a couple of vocal people? > > And what about the democrats that voted for that same bill? > > And what about the people that believe that a court system that allows a > person to die is missing some of the other rights like life, and health > care? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 10:17 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: 2 Branches of Gov't Enough. > > > > > Dana wrote: > > > I saw that editorial. This alleged extremist political line was the > > > proposed review of the Schiavo case to see if her civil rights had > > > been violated. That's the way I read it anyway. > > > > > > > Yeah, that's it. The point the Republicans are making is that, as > > you've pointed out, the federal courts only reviewed the procedural > > facts of the case rather than the evidentiary ones. > > > > The Republicans are saying, "come on courts, you know what we meant > > with our law: for you to review the evidence. But you purposely > > didn't. Now you should be punished for your insolence." > > > > Basically the Republicans are saying that judges should be the > > enforcement arm of the legislative branch of gov't rather than a check > > on it. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:153003 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
