The funniest guy on television (after Bill Maher) tackles the direst threat now facing America. No. It’s not al Qaeda.
EMAIL OF THE DAY: “I know that Congress has this power [to strip courts of jurisdiction], but I don’t think it should be used in this fashion even if it is not being used to disempower a particular group.
Why? Simply because I think it is dishonorable and somewhat cowardly and childish. The Constitution, to some extent, is a deal we make with ourselves. We create a government of limited powers and we give to the courts the power to determine whether our government is acting within those limitations. I don’t always agree with the way the federal courts decide these issues, but so what? I’m not entitled to have the courts decide issues just the way I want them to.
If I get sufficiently pissed off, I can vote for Presidents and Senators of a particular party in the hopes of getting a “better” judiciary. Yes, it takes awhile. But I don’t know how to distinguish between stripping federal courts of the power to decide on the constitutionality of DOMA, and stripping them of the power to decide the constitutionality of the 2013 Redistribute the Wealth Act – after all, the federal courts might not approve of Congress’ well-intentioned effort to authorize President Hillary Clinton to seize land from people who have too much of it, by misinterpreting the constitutional provisions requiring “just compensation”.
It’s just a bad practice, in my view, completely aside from the fact that it seems to be part of President Bush’s “Flags and Fags” campaign strategy.” – more feedback on the best Letters Page on the web.
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