YES! They’ve abused the doctrine of judicial review for decades.
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YES! And it’s up to Congress to keep them in check.
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Thom's Blog Is On the Move
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Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
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Mueller's favorite place to pray (written about in "Prophet's Way"), and the roof of the room where the Last Supper is reputed to have happened.
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The Republican justice's disgust me. They don't care about you or me just lining their pockets with more riches and to hell with America the free..................
The Justices are supposed to rule on constitutional matters not on their personal religious beliefs and former political associations. In my view, I do not see that the ultra-conservative justices have shed their former political associations nor do they recuse themselves in cases where they have had a past association or expounded their views publicly. Corruption comes in many forms.
I agree with JessieV. The question becomes how does one rein in the power of the Supreme Court within the framewwork of the Constitution. At this point, we not only have a judicial branch that's trying to rule, but a legislative bramch that's clearly tending in that direction. Indeed, the concept of balance of powers is being stretched to its limits.
The not-so-Supreme Court has been in needing of being reeled in for years. But, it's hard to get Congress to do what itself needs to do, as does the Presidency. Perhaps the elites who actually own and control the government can be conviniced that it would be in their best interest? At least then we'd have a fighting chance.