[Brilliant]

This is a great editorial. Unfortunately, you have to had a password to read the whole thing, but I recommend you go to the library if necessary.

[gaspar]

Term limit justices! Mandatory retirement at age 80! End judicial tyranny now!

[Les_Miserables]

The SCOTUS is able to hold forth only by the will and respect of we the people. Its present course will sooner than later exhaust the patience of the American people. The "Band of Five" must be constrained. The Congress has ample legal and financial levers it can employ as soon as we the people demand it, and the Executive has the power to ignore and in fact constrain the rulings of the SCOTUS as soon as we the people demand it. What is required is that we rise from our collective duffs and insist that the balance's of power be deployed.

This case is most dangerous not because of the murderers it excuses but because of the precedent used to reach the opinion. Precedent that involves reference to international agreements and customs rather than State Laws that reflect the collective will of the people in the jurisdictions where the crimes were committed should be grounds for dismissal from the court for violation of the "Good Behavior" requirement. Mark my words, these "international" precedents will now continue to be used to constrain the rights of the American people until this court is brought to heel.

Congress should select one Judge for removal (I suggest Ginsberg or Souter but take your pick)and let the Liberal Democrats swizzle on that issue while that Judge is pilloried in an Impeachment hearing. Would be a lot more fun than watching them try to ramrod their will over the majority to prevent appointment of a Judicial nomination of an "Original Intent" nominee.

The oath of office for SCOTUS judges should also be modified.

[YOUGOTIT]

The congress has the power to override the Supreme Court, or that is what the Constitution says. But then the present anti-American Supreme Court does not support our Constitution. The Congress should vote to deny the Supreme Court any say in the Freedom of the States and the people to pass and enforce laws concerning murder. There is nothing in the Constitution about age being a requirement for being found guilty of murder and of being hanged. The Virginia sniper is now off the hook. The Alabama pig who killed his father, his fathers girlfriend and two little girls age 7 and 9 is now free to live his life at the expense of the working people in this country. The Congress must take back their power from the tyrants of the Supreme Court, as stated in the Constitution.

[AnnAdoringFan]

I know that an appointment to the US Supreme Court is for life... meaning the term doesn't end after a specified time.

but can we start impeaching these jerks???

and is there a way to put a standard tagline on my posts, or would I have to type it in every time?

[JohnLongIsland]

it has reached the point that SCOTUS does more legislating than the house of representatives and the senate combined

[neverdem]

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110006361

This is a great editorial. Unfortunately, you have to had a password to read the whole thing, but I recommend you go to the library if necessary.

That's all the more reason to have checked editorial when posting it. Then it will have hangtime in the editorial sidebar.

Passwords are available at bugmenot.com for those who don't want to register.

The URL above also indicates that it is available for free at OpinionJournal.com for those who register with the Wall Street Journal's OpEd pages.

[xzins]

While I thoroughly agree with Scalia on this, the math of 18 of 38 opposing the youth death penalty IS a consensus.

They forget that the other 12 States don't approve any death penalty at all. The consensus, then is 30 of 50 disapprove of the youth death penalty.

The question, though, is whether there is anything in the Constitution that says the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment.

Since the Constitution affirms that one may be deprived of life via due process of law, then it follows that the death penalty is not necessarily cruel and unususal.

[No Dems 2004]

But, alas, there is hope - help is on the way! I firmly believe that President Bush will help us in this court.

[Aetius]

Let's face it, the GOP is as likely to suck when picking SCOTUS nominees as it is to get it right. For every Scalia or Thomas there is a Souter or -- depending on the case -- a Kennedy or O'Connor.

The Democrats, however, are perfect in that they always pick horrible judges. They never slip up and accidentally pick a good judge, while Bush the Elder believed Sununu's proclamation that Souter was a slam dunk for conservatives. How could he have been soooooo wrong?

[spodefly]

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