Just a general rambling thought from a can't-quit-tossing-and-turning-and-get-some-sleep mind (so forgive me if it doesn't make a lot of sense):
I've been puzzled for a long time--and no more so than today--as to why the executive and legislative branches are letting the judicial branch run away with the power. The thought struck me moments ago that it may be as simple as those branches being filled with attorneys. I've been shocked by lawyers on local TV and even a couple on here who have been supportive of the idea that what the courts say, goes.
I fear we may be at a point that by and large those in the legal profession give it their first allegiance and have been trained into a mindset that a de facto judicial oligarchy is considered right and just and necessary. A new elite, if you will, that truly doesn't trust the people with power.
(I seem to recall that Scalia may have given a speech along these lines, too. I'll have to look for it.)
Woke up at 4 a.m. Can't sleep. Worrying about Terri. Do you think anything will happen today? Judicial tyrrany!!!! Something must be done or none of us are safe. At least with all those law enforcement types milling about at the hospice, no one will actually try to kill Terri outright. They're just doing it - a death by a thousands "cuts". Those monsters! I'll bet that many of those police officers do not want to be there to participate in this murder. Bet you anything!
Well, the legal "minds" in the article on this thread certainly fit with my thesis in 2429:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1366013/posts
You are exactly right, see A Passion for Justice (should be titled A Passion for Power).
Very interesting post.
Makes a lot of sense, because I certainly can't figure out why this is being allowed.
We have judicial tyranny, and it's being allowed to stand.