Protection from making unpopular decisions is one thing, but being aware and heeding "the will of the people" in following our constitutional provisions first and foremost is why they are there, and those rulings are not so difficult since our constitution is very clear, short and to the point in most of the recent unpopular decisions which have been vehemently protested (both the Teri Schiavo matter and Kelo, both major abridges of the constitutional in the value and sanctity of "life" be it a "newborn disabled child" or a "breathing yet severely impaired" adult, no one has a right to take a life that is not being kept "alive" by machines. That judge committed "murder," in the name of the law, and soon it will be the insurance companies that determine who lives and dies in this country, or spouses such as Mr. Schiavo, whose main concern was getting on with his new life, and the insurance proceeds he would be gaining in the process.
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Advocates for assisted suicide know that when their agenda is described accurately and descriptively--they lose. So, they are ever about the task of trying to come up with new gooey euphemisms to describe assisted suicide--to be, if you will, the sugar that helps the hemlock go down. - more from Wesley J. Smith
Assisted Suicide and Language Perversion
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PLUS, personal revenge, celebrity, private jet trips to Las Vegas, and potentially many millions of dollars in TV, book and movie rights to the murder story.
South Dakota has figured out this judge stuff. Judges who break the law should not have any immunity. They should be charged and if guilty, give them HARD TIME.