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To: Modernman
Two words: Dred Scott

History is not on the side of your argument. The notion that the Supreme Court's dictates are infallible and unarguable is historically very recent. The Court is only one of three branches of our government and was specifically designed to be the weakest of the three, for the express purpose of avoiding the conception of the judicial branch in the terms you expressed here.
27 posted on 02/17/2004 11:50:22 AM PST by thoughtomator ("What do I know? I'm just the President." - George W. Bush, Superbowl XXXVIII halftime statement)
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To: thoughtomator
Two words: Dred Scott

What kind of rule do you propose when it comes to picking and choosing which court orders to follow? Under what circumstances can a government official or private citizen decide to ignore a court order?

I would say that there is no way that you could come up with a system where court orders could be ignored without the entire system dissolving into anarchy.

32 posted on 02/17/2004 11:57:36 AM PST by Modernman ("When you want to fool the world, tell the truth." -Otto von Bismarck)
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