[ZULU]

When the judiciary intrudes upon the responsibilites of the executive, it can and should, and has, been ignored. In the COnstitution, the Executive, the Judiciary and the Legislative branches of government are equal and the judiciary is not superior to the other branches.

Andrew Jackson ignored a Supreme Court ruling, and I am sure there are other precedents. Impeachment, as so recently demonstrated, is a practiccally impossible exercize, given the radical dynamics between right and left in this country.

[mrsmith]

"Andrew Jackson ignored a Supreme Court ruling, and I am sure there are other precedents. "

The only one I'm aware of was Clinton's ignoring the unanimous supreme court ruling on the Paula Jones suit that "Like every other citizen who properly invokes that jurisdiction, respondent has a right to an orderly disposition of her claims."

It's a very significant act in our country's history.