[AndyTheBear]

...and the Judiciary offers OPINIONS on law...

I'm sorry to nitpick, but wouldn't it be more proper to say "the Judiciary offers legal opinions about specific cases". Their opinions on the laws themselves are supposed to be irrelevant unless Congress specifically asks for it.

[Political Junkie Too]

The point of it is that the Judiciary is not supposed to have any means of force. So, what they do is offer opinions. Usually, the Executive agrees with the opinions, so there is no reason to intervene.

For cases where the death penalty is given, it is the executive that can pardon the convict, not the courts. The courts can stay the execution temporarily, or reverse the sentence, but it's the Executive thant can grant clemency.

Aren't the police that the courts rely upon a part of the Executive Branch (under the Attorney General), and not the courts? How did the police in Florida get to enforce the court order without the Executive branch authorizing it? Why couldn't the Florida Attorney General order the police to stand down?

-PJ