[george wythe]

You make good points, but you also have to remember that the legislative and executive branches used plenty of hot rhetoric but did not follow through.

Correct me if my memory is incorrect, but I recall Congress issuing a subpoena for Terri Schiavo to appear before a Congressional committee, but the subpoena was never enforced.

In other words, the judges worked under the assumption that the politicians did not have the will power to face off in a constitutional battle.

[Sgt_Schultze]

I remember that subpoena, and I remember that the judge ignored it and he went uncensured, unimpeached and unpunished. If only our Congress and President would handle meddling judges equally dismissively.