Why concentrate on the negative?
Now that I've signed up for Blogs for Bush, I've taken advantage of Blogrolling and peeked in on several of our fellows in the blogosphere. Most of the people I've been tripping over are good and decent folk, and I've taken to a few already to the extent that I've added them to our own blogroll. One that I'd seen on nearly everyone else's blogroll as a "must read" is AlphaPatriot. While I haven't seen enough of his writing to know if I agree with him a lot, I can see that perhaps he has a following based on how frequently he posts, making him a nice clearinghouse for the most important tidbits of each day.
I have to say that the first thing I read today from him put me off a bit. On Tuesday, I'd blogged about the new bills pending in Congress to limit the judiciary, and didn't bother to mention the one bill that seemed most inane, suggesting that Congress should be allowed to veto a Supreme Court decision, because I figured it would probably not go anywhere. Several of the other bills, such as the Constitution Restoration Act, have much more reasonable - and constitutionally viable - provisions.
AlphaPatriot chose to concentrate on the one dark spot among the new proposals. I can see the link from which he derived his information doesn't mention the other bills, so perhaps he isn't aware of the alternatives. But it still raised my hackles as the first thing I read from him. Amid all the crap we're taking from the Judiciary lately, I'll lightly applaud anyone who is at least making the attempt to legally balance the separation of powers when they go out of whack, even if I end up heckling them for their overreaching grab for more power.
Comments
It seems to me that if the courts interpret the laws in a manner that was not intended when the laws were written; then the legislature should have some power to nullify or otherwise correct a court's findings. The main exception to this would of course be when the courts decision directly relates to the actions of the legislature.
Posted by: Rick | March 18, 2004 11:09 AM
Rick, while that would be nice, it is unlikely that the legislature could act with one voice to accurately represent the intent of the laws being interpreted by the courts. I expect that legislative review of judicial decisions would be a political feeding frenzy, and the original intent would be lost to partisan manuvering.
Posted by: Rick Jones | March 19, 2004 08:32 AM