Friday, April 01, 2005
Hey, Remember When We Had Three Branches of Government?
Good sweet mother of Christ. DeLay, Santorum, and their ilk really do want to tear down the judiciary branch*. Because if it doesn't agree with you, then it must be pure evil.
As Shakespeare's Sister put it far more eloquently than I ever could, the courts aren't supposed to bow to the legislative or executive branches. Remember all that "Let the people vote" shit we saw after Goodridge v. Massachusetts? Wasn't the first time; can you guess which ruling people were trotting that shit around after? It was Brown v. Board of Education.
This is the way the government works: the legislature defines the will of the people (be it their constiuents, their selves, or their moneyed interests) via bills, the president sees which bills aren't too ludicrous, and the judiciary defines which bills go against the Constitution. Those who cry, "Judicial tyranny!", are of the belief that if you can't control it, it must be destroyed. And that is what true tyranny is all about.
*Oh, and the vast majority of judges in the Schiavo case? Were appointed by Republicans.
As Shakespeare's Sister put it far more eloquently than I ever could, the courts aren't supposed to bow to the legislative or executive branches. Remember all that "Let the people vote" shit we saw after Goodridge v. Massachusetts? Wasn't the first time; can you guess which ruling people were trotting that shit around after? It was Brown v. Board of Education.
This is the way the government works: the legislature defines the will of the people (be it their constiuents, their selves, or their moneyed interests) via bills, the president sees which bills aren't too ludicrous, and the judiciary defines which bills go against the Constitution. Those who cry, "Judicial tyranny!", are of the belief that if you can't control it, it must be destroyed. And that is what true tyranny is all about.
*Oh, and the vast majority of judges in the Schiavo case? Were appointed by Republicans.
