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The Rule of Judges
The Sacramento Union ^ | March 10, 2005 | Michael Reagan

Posted on 03/22/2005 10:19:58 AM PST by yatros from flatwater

... The court says in so many words that what our people’s laws say about the issue does not, in the last analysis, matter: ‘In the end our own judgment will be brought to bear on the question of the acceptability of the death penalty,’ he [Justice Kennedy]wrote.

"The court thus proclaims itself sole arbiter of our nation’s moral standards,"; Scalia wrote. And by allowing ";international opinion"; to color their rulings, the justices have thrown both the Constitution of the United States and our national sovereignty into the trash heap. [snip]

As Mark Levin writes, "the idea has taken hold that Supreme Court Justices are somehow imbued with greater insight, wisdom, and vision than the rest of us";and that for some reason Almighty God has endowed them with superior judgment about justice and fairness. That idea must be abandoned. Nothing less than our freedom and our national sovereignty are at stake.

(Excerpt) Read more at sacunion.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: bookreview; judges; judicialbranch; judicialtyranny; marklevin; meninblack; michaelreagan; ruleoflaw; scotus
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To: agincourt1415
Right.

The 'Clinton'....."I Feel Your Pain"... series.

21 posted on 03/22/2005 1:54:19 PM PST by maestro
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