Posted on 05/07/2005 6:54:40 PM PDT by hocndoc
The lesson, O'Connor said, is not merely that a president's Supreme Court appointments often disappoint that same chief executive.
“It is that our system of government is one of delegated authority and separation of powers,” she said.
“By their ruling in the steel-seizure case, President Truman's appointees proved their friendship, I think, not by siding with the president for personal reasons, but by fulfilling their duty to decide each case as impartially as possible as members of a separate branch of government.
“In short, as members of a truly independent judiciary.”
Afterward, O'Connor met with federal judges and staffers at the federal courthouse in downtown Kansas City, where she praised the work of local judges and court professionals.
“The law of the country is not made in the courthouse where I sit,” O'Connor said. “It's made here. This is where people receive the justice they get out of our system.”
Of course, sometimes litigants are not happy and they appeal.
(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...
I always thought that Law was made by the representatives of the people, the Legislative branch.
Until it comes before a court, then the Law is what the judges say it is.
Good catch. She's an arrogant one.
THIS is a gal, that makes my beloved, confused Mother who died of Alzheimer's in '99 look like a bloomin' genius!
Now that we have all had the opportunity to understand this disease, we, as a family, realize that Mom was ill at least seven years prior to her diagnosis. She managed to live for seven more years.
S.D.O. Yo! Momma! Gotta Go!
The liberals say that O'Connor is a conservative.
BS.
Part of the problem is that statutes are written by laws. They try to make it "fit" the existing law, which means that often the intention of the new law is lost.
As an American I do have a problem with some elderly folks deciding how I should live, or not live, e.g. abortion. Perhaps the Justices of the Supreme Court should undergo some sort of examination from year to year to determine their mental status. Or, better yet, let them serve till age 70 and that's it.
How about term limits?
Let them serve 12 years, and then get another judge. 12 years should be long enough, and independent enough, for any judge.
...yet Ms. Sandra sided with foreign courts just recently to come to a decision on the death sentence for 18 year olds.
The liberals say that O'Connor is a conservative.
BS is right! She was/is a Babbitt liberal from AZ.
12 years sounds good to me!
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