NO, NO, NO. The law is the law. The last thing I would want is a boob like O Reilly making up his own view of morality as a judge. That is why we have laws, not kings.
I remember Scalia debating Breyer and Scalia, and Scalia pointed out how Breyer wakes up every day with the constitution being whatever he thinks it should that given day.
That is O Reilly thinking. "Who cares what the law says, I say he is guilty."
Is there a Palin analogy here or is this unrelated?
No the people are the final arbiter of THE LAW. She has no moral compass other than Harvard Law Review, it diminishes her as a person. BO is a loon.
We have let RINO's escape their actions by blaming it on, THE LAW, for way to long. They have let the Courts do for them, what they were ashamed to do in public on their own. When the Republicans had both house and the presidency they did nothing to rectify court mistakes, and it was not because they couldn't, it was because they tacitly agree with them.
First Kill All The Lawyers. True when he said it, still true today.
Just a few fun ones I found :
Debates Bill Press on Fairness doctrine (classic Megan Kelly)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_d7PYOuxaQ
Some Others
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1qE6onrdCo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfnjiZIY94Y
Laws can be wrong. For instance there were many laws on books about segregation before they were fought in courts. Before they were overturned the legal precedence was overwhelmingly opposed to desegregation. The rights of Blacks had to be championed and won through court cases that argued against the overwhelming preponderance of laws on the books.
I still remember as a child in the 60's going down south and being utterly shocked at the separate drinking fountains, doors etc. for blacks. My Grandfather was nervous about how shocked I was and concerned that I might speak out against it. He warned me to keep my mouth shut so that we did not get lynched. He knew I had a track record of confronting even grown ups vigorously if I felt that what they were doing was wrong.