It's been an issues that's received lots of attention for the reason people are concerned and rightfully so about voter approved ballot inititives that are continuing to be shot down by judges.
That's not a good thing for this country though when this happens. Soemthing really needs to be done about that.
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My previous post was simply to show that current judicial activism in this country is not some outward sign of some inward rot. It has been with us from the start, and,heaven knows, not just in America.
Both pressed for time, and stumped by the sheer complexity of it, the members of the Constitutional Congress formed a kind of gentlemen's agreement to sketch out the foundation(s) of the judiciary in the broadest terms, and let future generations fill in the blanks.
To wit: The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish....
FWIW, I believe today judicial nightmare is the result of a lack of leadership: to some degree on the bench, but most particularly in the Oval Office stretching back all the way to...to...well, to the time of Earl Warren and before. After all, the ground had to be laid in order so that court, and those subsequent ones, could establish roots and spread.