Touche
"So our judges deserve some criticism. But we should not be too harsh. For example, it would be wrong to suggest, as some conservatives have, that our judicial elite is systematically biased against "life." After all, they have saved the life of Christopher Simmons."
Wee willie kristol at it again pointing his fingers in 'some conservatives' eyes. Talk about preverison.
that next to last paragraph is outstanding
Black-robed fools are same as the criminals who committed the crime.
Well written piece IMO. The phrase above summed it up for me Arrogance and supremacy (Elitism). They are going to dictate to the unwashed masses the appropriate mode of action. A trait not limited to Judges - Could describe some of our elected leaders as well.
Moral Absolutes Ping.
A good, good take on the black robed Nazgul who are our masters.
I don't always love Bill Kristol, but I really like this article. Terri's revolution.
May God bless her soul.
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Sarcastic---and inspiring at the same time. A call to action.
Thanks, cinna, for posting this.
That is the complete sickness of our culture of death. We value a vicious murderer more than a poor woman who has not hurt anyone but herself. They love drug addicts, criminals, and sexual deviants. The Nazi culture of death had an evil but coherent strategy of strengthening their society by eliminating what it viewed as its weak links. Our culture of death just seems to like death for its own sake.
Bravo, William Kristol.
Hitler had "judges" and they put down "law". But it wasn't "rule of law". The rule of law is law is made by free people and can be changed as understanding deepens. It's not the rules of eliets for eliets.
I am sickened that our judges have fallen into the elitist crap of inferior cultures. The "rule of judges" is beneath us. Have they no shame?
So our judges deserve some criticism. But we should not be too harsh. For example, it would be wrong to suggest, as some conservatives have, that our judicial elite is systematically biased against "life." After all, they have saved the life of Christopher Simmons. It would be wrong to argue, as some critics have, that our judges systematically give too much weight to the husband's wishes in situations like Terri Schiavo's. After all, our judges have for three decades given husbands (or fathers) no standing at all to participate in the decision whether to kill their unborn children. It would be wrong to claim that our judges don't take seriously legislation passed by the elected representatives of the people. After all, our judges are committed to upholding the "rule of law"--though not, perhaps, the rule of actual laws passed by actual lawmakers. And it would be wrong to accuse our judges of being heartless. After all, Judges Carnes and Hull of the 11th U.S. Circuit told us, "We all have our own family, our own loved ones, and our own children."
while i don't always agree with Bill Kristol and often do not, every now and then he has an opinion that moves me to give him just one more chance...
The check and balance already exists: the independent executive.
But almost everyone, including Hugh Hewitt, thinks the executive police power is subordinate to judges.
It is not.
Terrific article!
I wasn't sure how Bill Kristol was going to come down on this given we've had our disagreements in past. Glad to see this piece. Well done, Mr. Kristol.
I agree with the court that standards have "evloved". Also that we are a "maturing society".
Couldn't one take that very same premise and point out that "juveniles" are not getting LESS mature, they are maturing at an earlier age. We've seen the studies for years. Menses cycles coming earlier, younger and younger girls having babies, sexualized TV and music, etc. In fact, the very same liberals say a teen aged girl is "mature" enough to decide on her own abortion.
This is the kind of convoluted thinking one gets when "maturing" societies with "evolving standards" stop relying on their constitution and turn instead to judges to tell them what's "right".
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