The threat from the bench

The Washington Times ^ | February 28, 2005 | Burt Prelutsky

[neverdem]

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The threat from the bench

By Burt Prelutsky
Published February 28, 2005

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    I have always heard that confession is good for the soul, but I'm not so sure I believe it. Confession runs the very real risk of providing our enemies with ammo. Be that as it may, the burden of keeping my secret has simply become too great. You see, until he died a few years ago, one of my very best friends was a lawyer. The trouble is, I did all I could to encourage him in pursuing and ultimately achieving his dream of becoming a judge. And the man was a ... liberal.

    In your heart of hearts, I know you think less of me. After all, I'm the same guy who has vowed I'd never vote for a Democrat because I never want liberals in a position to appoint like-minded judges. For long after the politicians have retired, been voted out of office or died and gone to that big pork barrel in the sky, those judicial appointments live on.

    As a former movie critic, the portrayal of judges in films has always been fascinating. Back in the 1930s and 1940s, when westerns were in vogue, judges were usuallyportrayedas sneaky and corrupt -- often in league with a crooked banker. If there was a dollar lying around, the western judge wanted his 50 cents.

    In comedies of that period, judges were often comically cantankerous characters.

    They were usually honest enough, but the actors had to know how to do a slow burn, a double take and be able to pound a gavel...

[muawiyah]

Look, it's best that no Liberals ever become judges. Their first ambition, always, is to see if fascism works.

It's much better to try to talk them into seppuku.

[Rummyfan]

As Dr Savage says

The stench from the bench is nmaking me clench!

[WL-law]

Yes, the Warren Court usurped the legislative branch. Another somewhat contemporaneous development, beginning in the FDR administration, was the legislative branch delegating (giving up) it's inherent legislative authority to the executive branch, through the massive expansion of administrative agencies -- where such agencies write law disguised as regulations, pursuant to administrative law processes.