[AbsoluteJustice]

"There is nothing new about this process. Legislatures pass new laws all the time when they perceive that old laws are inadequate."

I agree but not right after a judicial process has taken its course and to enact law to overturn a court decision in such a hastily manner. Laws take time to progress they are typically not an overnight thing. Pressure is what brought this on. I agree there are checks and balances that must take place but not to the extent of passing law to overturn court decisions. Remember courts decide if a law is unconstitutional or a decision that the legislature has made, not the other way around.

[Badray]

"Remember courts decide if a law is unconstitutional or a decision that the legislature has made, not the other way around."

Be careful. You have been making some pretty sound arguments until now, but you are wrong with this one. The legislature can designate areas that are off limits to judicial review.

I agree with you about the haste with which some laws are rushed thru the legislature -- the PATRIOT Act comes to mind -- but this one was to PRESERVE a life. Delaying action would have brought an irreversible result. It's better to err on the side of life.

We do it for murderers, why not for the innocent?

[Graymatter]

AbsoluteJustice,

How do you feel about governors pardoning condemned criminals? Commuting death sentences? They've been through the process.