[cornelis]

Why are you so angry? Is there really a strong fault line here? Alan Keyes has admitted the outrage is justified. And there is another point, bringing us at length to the point where law abiding American citizens view the formal opinions of the federal judiciary with active contempt. Profound prescience. This is a real danger. It happens here first, on FR.

[Phaedrus]

Why are you so angry? Is there really a strong fault line here? Alan Keyes has admitted the outrage is justified. And there is another point, bringing us at length to the point where law abiding American citizens view the formal opinions of the federal judiciary with active contempt. Profound prescience. This is a real danger. It happens here first, on FR.

I am angry but for the first time in living memeory, so is the majority. I have watched the dishonesty, the hypocrisy, for decades and it does not get better, it gets worse. The politicians are craven cowards. The judiciary have sowed the wind and have now brought us to the verge of reaping the whirlwind.

At this point, there is only one pertinent question and it is a very pragmatic one: "How, specifically, is the situation to be fixed? What, exactly, are we to do?" Is it realistic to think that we can infuse certain judges with a dose of character after a lifetime of hypocrisy? Who will hold them accountable? And if no one will, as has been true for decades, what then is to be done?

Yes, I am angry. I have seen this situation coming for so very long. I am angry because I care. Simple honesty would have resolved the situation before; that is, certain decisions would never have been written. Principled action would resolve it now, but the politicians' track record is dismal in this regard -- they will talk, not act. So what, specifically, do we do?