So in other words, Jacquerie, the problem is us. I think we need to take responsibility for our congress. Even our Democratic congress. I think what passes for news these says has failed to highlight what is going on when both Democrats and Republicans generally agree. If they both want the judiciary to work a certain way, over time, it ends up working that way.
The reason I bring this up Publius, in this context, is I have some ideas on checks and balances and how a system that was meant to be adversarial has turned cooperative. When does checks and balances come up?
It comes up in descriptions of the three branches. The challenges come from Brutus, and in #11 he takes on the Judiciary, pointing out there are no safeguards against the courts. That comes up in a few weeks.
When most pubbies take the oath to “support and defend,” they don't mean it.
I sure hope this Tea Party movement marks a turning point in our history, a return to Constitutional values in our Congress.