This is unbelievable. The founding fathers are rolling over in their graves.
So what's the solution folks? After a decade of Republican control of the Congress and a half decade of Republican control of the White House and Congress it's come to this?
Absurd. A socialist policy to further the ambitions of the robber-barons of industry.
The landowners should lock themselves in their house, raise the Gonzales "Come and Take it Flag" of Texas Independence, and arm themselves. Make the government come and physically take their property at the barrel of a gun on national television.
Next decision will be about quartering British troops in our homes.
Why can't congress pass a law banning the practice?
All the courts did is say it's constitutional (which it ISN'T). That doesn't mean there can't be a federal law prohibiting it.
- If a 17-year-old plans and carries out a mass murder in which thousands of innocent human beings are killed, no American state is allowed to execute him because he hadn't yet turned 18 years of age. (A 5-4 ruling with Kennedy joining the four liberals.)
- The Supreme Court should take into consideration foreign courts' views when considering cases like the death penalty. (A 6-3 opinion with only three justices dissenting - Scalia, Thomas and Rehnquist.)
- Even after a dangerous violent criminal has been convicted by a jury, the court system may not put the criminal in shackles for his sentencing hearing in front of the same jury unless he has exhibited signs of behaving violently in the court system before. (A 7-2 decision with only Scalia and Thomas dissenting.)
- Without any specific evidence of racial bias, the Supreme Court assumed Texas prosecutors were racists when they dismissed 10 of 11 blacks during jury selection. (A 6-3 ruling with only Scalia, Thomas and Rehnquist dissenting).