Supreme Farce: Part II
By Thomas Sowell
"From time to time, the Supreme Court of the United States makes a decision that causes anger or outrage, but that reaction usually passes with time, especially since there is nothing the public can do about it -- either to change the decision or to remove from the bench those who made it.
This has emboldened many federal judges at all levels to take advantage of their lifetime appointments to make rulings that impose their own personal views and call it law. Some have even added insult to injury by rationalizing such judicial activism.
In a recent interview, Justice Stephen Breyer claimed that laws are 'not clear,' so that judges are forced to base their decisions on the 'values' they see behind the laws, rather than the specific words in those laws.
'Not clear' is an old ploy and 'values' are a blank check." Continue reading....
"From time to time, the Supreme Court of the United States makes a decision that causes anger or outrage, but that reaction usually passes with time, especially since there is nothing the public can do about it -- either to change the decision or to remove from the bench those who made it.
This has emboldened many federal judges at all levels to take advantage of their lifetime appointments to make rulings that impose their own personal views and call it law. Some have even added insult to injury by rationalizing such judicial activism.
In a recent interview, Justice Stephen Breyer claimed that laws are 'not clear,' so that judges are forced to base their decisions on the 'values' they see behind the laws, rather than the specific words in those laws.
'Not clear' is an old ploy and 'values' are a blank check." Continue reading....
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