Check your U.S. Constitution again. The lower federal courts exist at the whim of Congress. This includes all facets if Congress so desires, including both jurisdiction and standards of review. After what transpired, if I were in Congress, I'd seriously consider a bill limiting subject matter jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to appeals of Section 1983 cases involving left-handed migrant farmers named "Bob"...and mandate an abuse of discretion standard of review for such cases. I'd also take the opportunity to slash the judges salaries to 1/10 present compensation and defund their law clerks. Make the clowns write their own opinions.
I suggest you check your Constitution. It does not empower Congress to determine any aspect of how court proceeding will be conducted. Their authority to create courts does not give them any power to dictate the way judges will try individual cases. You are simply misinformed here. The power to create a court does not give them the power to control individual court hearings from the floor of Congress.
Ha. I like the way you think. :-)
It would be absurd to think that Congress can create or dissolve a court at its whim, but that it could not tell the court how to operate.
In my opinion, the courts have operated outside the Constitution on this matter. I do not believe for a second that our Constituion allows barbaric treatment of its people.
The Supreme Court is a joke. They tell us the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment for murderers under the age of 18, but apparently feel that starving someone to death is ok.
****Check your U.S. Constitution again. The lower federal courts exist at the whim of Congress. This includes all facets if Congress so desires, including both jurisdiction and standards of review. After what transpired, if I were in Congress, I'd seriously consider a bill limiting subject matter jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to appeals of Section 1983 cases involving left-handed migrant farmers named "Bob"...and mandate an abuse of discretion standard of review for such cases. I'd also take the opportunity to slash the judges salaries to 1/10 present compensation and defund their law clerks. Make the clowns write their own opinions.
WOOHOO, I like your idea!!! Let's all email Congress with this idea.