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To: Modernman
I propose that the judiciary follow the law, as is the duty with which it is charged. This is the mechanism that our system was designed with, and it is to this that we must return. As a modest step in that direction, I propose that all court orders must include a direct reference to the law that grants the court the power to issue such an order.
42 posted on 02/17/2004 12:30:24 PM PST by thoughtomator ("What do I know? I'm just the President." - George W. Bush, Superbowl XXXVIII halftime statement)
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To: thoughtomator
I propose that the judiciary follow the law, as is the duty with which it is charged.

Bingo. It's not like this is an emergency situation; this is not a crisis that demands disobedience to the law (i.e., some out of control legislature passes a law that demands that all left-handed people be arrested, and if convicted, shot the next dawn.)

Common sense dictates that even if they truly believe that the law is wrong, they should adhere to due process, rather than act on their own.

But personally, I don't think it's even a question of them "believing that the law is wrong" -- or right. They simply see an opportunity to grasp power, unopposed, and they're doing it. This is maoism, not a republic.

75 posted on 02/17/2004 8:44:54 PM PST by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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