Justice Breyer: U. S. Constitution should be subordinated to international will

WorldNetDaily ^ | July 7, 2003

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Uh, Beauracratis Maximus was agreeing with you re PhiKapMom.

Been a long hot thread.

[BureaucratusMaximus]

It has been a long hot thread...he was paraphrasing my paraphrasing...no offense taken...I thought he did a great job!

[dfwgator]

If we ever have another Civil War, it will be over this issue.

[Orangedog]

And more and more of those "good people" in those agencies have learned to go along and get along after seeing how others are treated who try to draw attention to the abuses and dereliction of duty. Has anyone heard anything about the fate of the most recent whistle-blowers at the FBI lateley? Like the one agent who put down in writing before 9/11 that the way The Bureau was NOT investigating terrorists was going to get a lot of people killed...something tells me he isn't going to get promoted any time soon.

Yes, these people have children and grandchildren. They also have mortgages, college for those kids to pay for, retirement to think of, etc. Most of them are not going to risk wrecking the future of their families by sticking their necks out.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

No need to apologize to me. Well stated on both your parts.

I got to go hit the swimming hole.

Bye!

[dfwgator]

Yep, instead of States rights, it will be Nations rights.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

The New World Order just got another advertising pitch.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

If Breyer really thinks it should soccumb to international will, Breyer should be impeached post haste.

Agreed.

[Alberta's Child]

Perhaps Mr. Breyer ought to me more concerned about how relevant the U.S. Supreme Court has become in the minds of an increasing number of Americans. The very nature of their idiotic, baseless decisions has relegated the entire institution to the toilet.

I'd have O.J. Simpson over at my house for a weekend before I gave an ounce of respect to most of those @ssholes who pass for "supreme arbiters of the land" these days.

[alwaysconservative]

This is truly incredible. I am at a loss for words.

Exactly. This is a dark day for our Republic, when even the judges of SCOTUS don't uphold the Constitution.

[Jack Black]

I found O'Conners comments actually more frightening. The end around they have in mind is to sign international treaties that do things like "International Accord on the Control of Small Arms" does, and require gun confiscation and registration. They will then trot out their "treties are co-equal with the Constitution" line (that Sandra is trying on for size) and find that the newer treaty superceeds the older Constitutional Ammendmnet.

This is exactly the stuff that people like Phillis Schafley have been warning about for a decade. There can be no clearer sign that they are getting ready to use this than them starting to remind us about this obscure (and probably wrong) interpretation of the Constitution.

Bush gets '04, but obviously Hillary is the medias pick in '08. Thats when the real fun will begin.

I'm getting to the point with Bush incrementalism (health care benefits, TSA idiots at the airport, etc) that I might rather take my next big dose of Socialism and Fascism together in one big gulp by the big bad nurse Hillary than let the orderly give it to me in little doses for the next 4 years.

I'm not getting any younger and I want to be here for the next chapter.

[Alberta's Child]

After my initial reaction of outrage, I began to wonder why we are getting all hot and bothered over this. there was a famous case about 10-15 years ago involving a Protestant minister who attended public high school football games in Alabama and would lead the crowd in prayer before every game. A lawsuit was filed in federal court on behalf of an atheist student, and the minister was ordered to cease and desist at once.

It probably would have been a landmark case if it had been appealed through the federal courts, but the minister decided not to bother because the small town where this school was located did not have the financial resources to engage in a long, drawn-out appeals process.

"I'll be back out at the stadium next Saturday, leading the crowd on in prayer," he said after the decision was handed down, "so the federal courts know where to find me."

As far as I know, he never stopped. Something worth considering these days, particularly with regard to that judge in Alabama who is refusing to remove the Ten Commandments from his court house.

In an age of terrorism and economic uncertainty, the notion of federal agents being used to enforce such silly, irrelevant rulings is absurd. And the federal government knows this more than anyone else.

[ImphClinton]

Along with Sandy and the other four.

[riri]

bkmarking

[Modernman]

If I recall correctly, Article 3 has been invoked some 150 times

The Founding Fathers actually intended for impeachment to be a pretty common thing, especially when it comes to judges. They didn't want the judicial branch of the federal government, which is not accountable to the people in any other way, to become the dominant branch of government. This whole idea that the judiciary is some independant Olympus, floating high above the sordid business of representative government and politics is a 20th century creation.