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To: gattaca
the beautiful idea at the heart of America: liberty under the law

That's what a true Republic is.

It has been said that all forms of government eventually degrade into either Oligarchy or a Republic. Fascism, Communism, Democracy, etc. -- they all become Oligarchies where laws don't matter but Rule of Men holds sway.

We have Rule of Law in this country, and the Democrats hate it.

2 posted on 07/01/2018 8:45:52 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Yes, I get it - racism is bad and mutual respect and inclusion is good. But value Truth too.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
I saw it in the huge importance of Supreme Court rulings – reported and debated with a prominence commensurate with the judiciary’s status as a co-equal branch of government

I read, some years back an essay or judicial opinion on Politics as practiced by the judiciary.

In essence it enumerated a list of types of cases that the SCOTUS should not get involved in because it's politics and that whenever the SCOTUS ignores that list they take a chance that they will demean the court and lessen its value, a value that it cannot recover from, with the ultimate consequence of the Executive simply ignoring the ruling with either a negative or positive affirmation from the Legislature.

On that list something like interfering with one party's gerrymandering was considered to exist in the political sphere only and the Judicial system had no place in deciding unless there was a clear cut person or NGO who had standing based on a strict scrutiny of direct harm.

I'm always amazed when SCOTUS actually established an opinion in a legislative vs executive court battle, because whatever the issue is, both sides have their own remedy and the SCOTUS should just nullify any prior decisions by lesser courts and remind the Legislative and executive that they have their own means of remedy -- so long as there is no real standing for people or NGO's who will actually be harmed in an unconstitutional way.

Finally, the result and unintended consequences of judicial interference has essentially created 7 branches of government with varying levels of influence: The Judiciary, the executive, the legislative, the Bureaucrats, the GOP, the DNC, and the Media.

7 posted on 07/01/2018 9:23:25 AM PDT by Fhios (Atlas shrugged, Sessions yawned.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

The Tree of Liberty - and the rule of law which supports it, i.e. the Constitution - is ready to topple from the assaults upon it.

We have descended into a stealth oligarchy and the rule of law has been mocked openly by those running our government.

Whether things change and it’s not too late depend entirely upon Trump having no skeletons and not succumbing to an “accident”.

The precarious nature of our current position - on all fronts - is absolutely frightening when one considers the abject stupidity of those who openly promote our destruction with their selfish, simpleton causes in the “name of the people”.

That tree depends upon us to defend it; it’s survival is not a foregone conclusion.


15 posted on 07/01/2018 10:51:05 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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