Free Republic

Can't we just wait for heroes to save us? That's easy but won't work.A fascinating article titled The Good Guys are Not Coming to Save Us was posted on April 23rd at Free-Man's Perspective. The first paragraph observes, A lot of Americans know that the US government is out of control. Anyone who has cared enough to study the US Constitution even a little knows this. Still, very few of these people are taking any significant action, and largely because of one error: They are waiting for “the good guys” to show up and fix things. The article provides much food for thought....

Judges in Minnesota have too much power, or so say activists seeking reform. The ability of citizens to effectively petition their state for redress of grievances is thwarted by a legal structure which greatly empowers the judiciary, claimed Nancy Lazaryan in a phone interview with the New Patriot Journal.A 1971 state law established a Board of Judicial Standards tasked with addressing accusations of misconduct by judges. The board is composed mostly of judges and attorneys, and reports to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Lazaryan believes this law effectively abdicated the state legislature’s ability to act as a check against the judiciary...