[The Great Yazoo]

Turning back the frontiers of ignorance!

[AmericanChef]

-...would you deem it proper for Congress to enact legislation requiring Americans to bike regularly or perform some other cardiovascular fitness exercise?-

Coming soon to a court near you.

[goldstategop]

Marbury turned the judiciary into a political branch. The only way to rein in judges, is to abolish judicial review. That way who the President and Governors appoint won't matter. It would force the Left to make its case to the public instead of judges. And it would make legislators accountable to the voters for passing an unconstitutional law since they can't pass the buck off to a judge. Above all, it would restore and butress the constitutional separation of powers by confining each branch of the government to its proper functions.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Tax-chick]

Williams bump! The fresh air of rationality!

[The Great Yazoo]

Walter E. Williams Home Page

[Huck]

The founders were right about a lot of things, but they were dead wrong when they bought into Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Paper No. 78 prediction that the judiciary was the "least dangerous" branch of government.

Among their other glaring errors are the "general welfare" clause and the "necessary and proper" clause. Actually, the Federalists were wrong about a lot, but didn't have to live to see it.

[Smartaleck]

"How many people would like to play me poker and have the rules be "living"? Depending on "evolving standards," maybe my two pair could beat your flush. "

Although the various professional leagues do change the rules from time to time....NFL.

[sgtbono2002]

I wont go biking for excercise no matter what the Supreme Court says, I look awful in those skin tight biking suits and that funny looking helmet is really dumb looking. I also dont like to play in the streets where cars are going 60 and I am peddling along at 10 in the center of the lane, I use the center of the lane because everyone knows I pay my taxes and have as much right to the center as these damned cars. I also drive beteween the cars to get at the front when lights change and sometimes I go thru the red lights because I can ,I am a biker.Nope I aint riding no bicycle, I get plenty of excercise right at home pushing buttons on my remote.

[pageonetoo]

[ladiesview61]

Damn I wish he taught at my daughter's college!

[Fester Chugabrew]

Saying that the Constitution is a living document is the same as saying we don't have a Constitution. For rules to mean anything, they must be fixed. How many people would like to play me poker and have the rules be "living"? Depending on "evolving standards," maybe my two pair could beat your flush.

Precisely.

[IronJack]

would you deem it proper for Congress to enact legislation requiring Americans to bike regularly or perform some other cardiovascular fitness exercise?

No.

What if Congress didn't act on this good idea? Would you deem it proper and acceptable if five out of nine U.S. Supreme Court justices, in the name of "evolving standards" and promoting the general welfare, decreed that we all participate in some fitness exercise?

No.

That was easy.

[PGalt]

Great article. Exposes America's Mullah$. Con men with robes, weaving a tangled web of terminology.

[SuziQ]

"BLACK, by popular demand"!
I like this guy.