“Ruling based on precedent is a slippery slope. Do they ever actually look at the Constitution anymore?”
Legally speaking, THIS is a major part of the problem. Consider Mr. Obama who sees the Constitution as a flawed document...along with a plethora of lawyers who all use PRECEDENT more than the actual document of the Constitution.
We need far better schools of law in this nation!
“We need far better schools of law in this nation!”
On Beck he covered where this practice originated. It was a Harvard Law School professor who was part of the original progressive movement in the 1920s. He had great disdain for the Constitution because of its limiting factor.