[Tax-chick]

The courts have granted the executive branch special powers

I think that just about says it all regarding which branch is currently above itself, don't you? The public (through the Constitution) "grants powers." The courts have no authority.

[Cold Heat]

The public (through the Constitution) "grants powers." The courts have no authority.

Uhh.........????

I am afraid I do not follow that logic.

As far as I know, the "vote" is where the power resides in the people.

Under the Constitution the Court has the responsibility and the rights to interpret the law. And to make a judgment regarding the law. That authority is their purview.

[iowamomforfreedom]

The public (through the Constitution) "grants powers."

Yes, excellent point. Too few people realize that, I think.

[Don Joe]

I liked what that one congressman said last night, i.e., we pass unconstitutional laws all the time, and then let the courts hash them out later.

The spectacle of watching hypocrites and liars drape themselves in the flag, as they use it to cloak their true intentions -- to kill the innocent because a major industry is lobbying HARD for the right to kill for profit -- was enough to gag a maggot.