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Old 11-14-2010, 01:44 PM
 
Location: Marion, IA
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Who cares. They can find a job like the rest of America.

I dont care which "side of the isle" a judge happens to be on. They need to be accountable to the public somehow.
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Old 11-14-2010, 01:48 PM
 
Location: NE Ohio
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Or, the votes of the people had outcomes that the Left Wing Judges didn't agree with politically so therefore they were overruled! It happens, you know.
I think that is way over his head. He cannot understand that.
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Old 11-14-2010, 04:38 PM
 
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You do realize the Constitution had to be ratified before it became the supreme law of the land, right?
You've never heard of judicial override?

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/03/op...-override.html
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Old 11-14-2010, 11:06 PM
 
Location: Va. Beach
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I wish some of you CONSTITUTIONDECARATIONFOUNDINGFATHERS minded folks would do some research. Perhaps then you would learn that the judiciary is meant to be an independent check on the capricious Will of the Peopleâ„¢. Subverting the judiciary to popular opinion totally defeats the purpose.
The job of the Judicial branch is to interpret the law, or determine if a law is unconstitutional.

Judicial Branch


  • Determines which laws Congress intended to apply to any given case
  • Determines whether a law is unconstitutional
  • Determines how Congress meant the law to apply to disputes
  • Determines how a law acts to determine the disposition of prisoners
  • Determines how a law acts to compel testimony and the production of evidence
  • Determines how laws should be interpreted to assure uniform policies in a top-down fashion via the appeals process, but gives discretion in individual cases to low-level judges. (The amount of discretion depends upon the standard of review, determined by the type of case in question.)
  • Polices its own members
  • Is never immune to arbitrary dismissal by Congress through impeachment proceedings
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