THE JUDICIARY ENTERS THE WAR

FRONTPAGEMAG.COM ^ | OCTOBER 22, 2004 | HENRY MARK HOLZER

[CHARLITE]

Despite our supposedly three co-equal branches of government, the judiciary has always been, with a nod to George Orwell, the “more equal” branch. So, too, in the War on Terrorism. While the President may direct that war and the Congress may fund it, the courts and the Supreme Court make the rules.

As we have recently seen, those rules can have potentially disastrous consequences. For the complete article, go to: http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=15628

[CHARLITE]

We're in a lot of trouble, if these court decisions relative to terrorist detainees hold up. Remember attorney Lynne Stewart? She was bringing secret messages to the blind sheik who planned and directed the first WTC bombing in 1993, and delivering his orders to "followers" outside of the prison where he is serving his sentence. If we don't get a handle on liberalism in the courts, then for sure the gargoyles will finish taking over the cathedral and America, as we know (or KNEW) it, will be lost forever.

[Noachian]

...the courts and the Supreme Court make the rules.

Only if the Executive and the Legislature let them.

The Judiciary wields neither the sword or the purse, and can do nothing without the acquiescence of the two other branches of govenment.

Bush can stop this judicial power-grab right now if he chooses to ignore the High Court's meddling into military matters. If he doesn't we'll wind up with a Commander-In-Chief who is answerable to black robed judges with no military experience. In effect the judges will be running the military.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Outstanding article...a must-read by every FReeper. The article closes with a most frightening, but plausible, scenario:

If, under the Supreme Court’s decisions in Hamdi, alleged enemy combatants, wherever held by the United States, are entitled to due process, and under Rasul they are entitled to seek habeas corpus relief from federal district courts, and under Odah they are entitled to unfettered representation by counsel, then, next there will be court decisions entitling them to the full range of constitutional criminal procedural guarantees under the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments:

• no unreasonable searches and seizures;
• warrants issued only on probable cause specifically describing the places to be searched and the things to be seized;
• no double jeopardy;
• no self-incrimination;
• speedy and public jury trials;
• confrontation by witnesses;
• compulsory process for obtaining witnesses, appointed counsel;
• Miranda warnings, and much more.

The Hamdi, Rasul and Odah decisions are a travesty of justice and national security, and a potentially fatal one for the United States.

I watched the History Channel's show about the post-WW II years and how we de-Nazified Germany. We summarily executed terrorists and held trials resulting in the quick execution of hundreds of Nazi leaders. Our country has lost all sense of survival and moral anchor and it appears the leftists are out to destroy us from within. This is INSANE.

[Teacher317]

I recall recently reading an article about all of the ways that Congress has limited or proposed limiting the Supreme Court's jurisdiction on many hot-button issues like abortion, the Pledge, gay marriage, etc. If the Courts become a problem, it is not because the Legislature is without power, but that they're just without will-power.