UA_Iron said:
I agree.
Judges should not have a party affiliation either, that leaves room for misinterpretation of the law due to bias.
Oh and whats the bigger picture JA? The way you see you things?
The Congress and Executive Branch of this country passed legislation ordering a federal judge to review this womans case and his response was essentially "Go fuck yourself"
No one elsected this asshole. One judge in some federal court appointed because he helped raise a bunch of money for some politician in his district does not in any reasonable representative system get to tell the entire country to go diddle themselves.
If it were Carter or Clinton in power my angst would be the same. We now have a court system that dismisses even the most clear legislation and just interprets it to mean whatever the hell they wish.
If that doesnt concern you then you have no appreciation of how our government works, or the consequnces of legislating by fiat.
Our system of government is premised on 3 equal branches reviewing and checking one another. We no longer have that in this country. The entire nation could pass a Constitutional Amendment tomorrow and a relative handful of people can simply choose to pretend it doesnt exist.
The same people who complain about counting every vote have no concern when their elected reps are emasculated by any guy who wears a robe.
One guy, judge or not, was never intended to eb the final say on what is or isnt legal. As a practical matter we generally do allow the courts to determine legality, but they were never granted final say