We her a lot of talk about the "separation of powers" in the Terri Schiavo case, but how many times has the Legislature passed laws that the Judicial Branch overruled?
It seems that the separation of powers doesn't refer to the Judiciary who thinks of itself as the prime source of our laws.
The point of federalism is to decentralize power, and its rationale is that concentrated power is dangerous -- always and everywhere -- regardless of which political party rules.
Maybe someone should tell this to the Supremes who seem to concentrate more and more power in their own hands as the years pass.
Which Branch of government says that it and it alone knows what the Constitution means?
Which Branch of government talks more and more about incorporating foreign laws into our body of laws since our Constitution hasn't "kept up"?
Which Branch of government sees the Constitution as a living document that can be changed at the will of the justices?
For once Congress got a bit of spine and tried to "do the right thing". It's time our Congress told the High Court that there are limits to their authority, and that they are one of three "coequal" Branches of government - not the overlords of government.
If state court judges are lawbreaking usurpers (and let's not forget that many of these were appointed by Republican governors), what do we expect to receive from federal tyrants, a whole slew of which were put on the bench during Clinton's eight years?
Rather than ask for barely constitutional special laws, how about the people who are genuinely fed up with judicial tyranny begin lobbying their legislators -- and congress, too -- for impeachment of these slimeballs dressed in black.