[wagglebee]

We must have government, so we must have courts, and I will concede some form of “judicial review” to the highest court in the land. But I cannot concede to them any final constitutional authority, not unless I concede the whole republican project; and I certainly do not concede to them any cultural authority. They are not wiser or more virtuous than the rest of us; and these days they cannot even be credited with any great breadth of human experience or learning. They know neither how to clear a field nor how to parse a verse in Homer. So why should we look upon them as deities, or even wizards? Nor does the Constitution require that we do so. For there is a fourth branch of government, tangentially acknowledged in the Constitution, though all but forgotten now. That fourth branch needs to snap out of its fascinated stasis, and resume its authority.

Perfectly stated!

[wagglebee]

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[wagglebee]

You should enjoy this.

[omega4412]

The judges "are not wiser or more virtuous than the rest of us; and these days they cannot even be credited with any great breadth of human experience or learning. They know neither how to clear a field nor how to parse a verse in Homer.

Sounds like something from Victor Davis Hanson, who could do either.

[cycjec]

the OP is great and the book it is taken from intriguing.
thanks!

LBBozell (the elder) remarked at least 40 years ago how
the US citizenry had consigned its legislative and other
rights to a nine man tribunal (assuming one could get
a hearing there)

People may finally be waking up

[cycjec]

Another point: the road to SCOTUS lies through the District
and Appellate Courts.