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To: xzins
It is time to remove lifetime tenure from political appointees.

Scenario: A law is passed limiting terms for federal judges....and it goes to the court for review and is struck down!

Remember who we all work for! There are a handful of unelected, unaccountable, virtually un-checked people in black robes with lifetime appointments that really decide our fates. There are no checks and balances on the supreme court, short of a constitutional amendment which is to say, in practical reality, that there are no checks and balances. We now talk about presidential elections as being really important because if one of our overlords dies, the president gets to nominate a new one and god knows if we get a bad one there nothing anyone can do for decades. It's a disgusting state of affairs that the court has been allowed to seize so much power for itself.

32 posted on 04/03/2008 8:01:07 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: pepsi_junkie

Congress has the authority to pass a non-reviewable law.

BTW, Pepsi Max is best.


36 posted on 04/03/2008 8:37:59 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain -- Those denying the War was Necessary Do NOT Support the Troops!)
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