Comments on: Judicial Tyranny

By: Richard Harlos

Richard Harlos — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:31:17 +0000

I agree that SOMETHING needs to change, and I applaud your brainstorming attitude to suggest several possibilities even while admitting that some of them may be highly unlikely.

I’m usually the one in favor of trying to fix a broken thing vs. an outright “toss and replace” but I have to say that in the case of American government, there appears very little hope of fixing it.

It’s broken in too many places, and there appears to be too few who care enough to DO something about it.

{sigh!} I fear history is about to repeat itself.

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:29:28 +0000

Judicial activism was fine with liberals when the court was liberal and it allowed for murdering babies in the womb and denying second ammendment rights. Quit your complaining.

By: Bal Patil

Bal Patil — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:28:26 +0000

I very much endorse the view that the Supreme court cannot override the basic constitutional principles of secularism and pluralism. TheThese are universal human rights recognised by the UN declaration of Human Rights. Otherwise it becomes judicial tyranny. I can cite the example of a decision of the Indian Supreme Court in my petition for the declaration of Jainism-an ancient major religion of India- as a national religious minority on par with Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Zoroastrian. The Supreme Court of India ruled that ” ‘Hinduism’ can be called a general religion and common faith of India whereas ‘Jainism’ is a special religion formed on the basis of quintessence of Hindu religion.” This is the saffronite ‘Hindu” view held by the fundamentalist RSS organisation which is the mentor and guiding spirit of the Bharatiya Janata Party which aims at making India a Hindu nation. That is precisely what asome States in India ruled by the BJP are trying to achieve by passing legislation like in Gujarat State Anti-Conversion Bill treating Jains and Buddhists as part of Hinduism.
Permit me to give links to my article commenting on the Anti-Conversion Bill :
http://sabrang.com/cc/archive/2006/dec06/forum.html.
http://www.indiancatholic.in/newsread.asp?nid=5566
http://americanbuddhist.net/node/4092
http://www.indologica.de/wordpress/

http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/
Bal Patil on Hinduization in Gujarat
The Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2006 defines Buddhists and Jains as Hindus.
Date filed: 15-02-2007

By: Terry Greenwood

Terry Greenwood — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:09:54 +0000

What is your view of the Kelo v. City of New London Supreme Court decision?

By: Evil Mammoth

Evil Mammoth — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:49:09 +0000

The nullification of Bush Administration appointments is absurd. Lord knows, I wouldn’t oppose it in the least. I’d sing like silver trumpets if all those trolls were flushed out of office and humiliated in front of the American People. Nonetheless, the notion is entirely unrealistic, and continually harping on possible electoral fraud in the 2000 and 2004 elections isn’t getting us anywhere.

We need to concentrate on here and now by finding a way to resist Supreme Court decisions such as recent ones handed down by a Roberts court that could set us back a couple decades, and we need to establish a credible check upon the Judicial Branch.

Even more immediately, we absolutely must band together against Bush’s unconscionable wielding of Executive Privilege, which is a nebulous concept (at best) that he has turned into a trump card to subjugate anyone who tries to hold him accountable.

In fact, I think it’s time for a general Constitutional shake-up. Congress needs to read the whole goddamned thing and propose necessary changes wherever the language is patently unclear, outdated, or provides unequal balance among the branches of government. The most exercised governmental check, by far, is the presidential veto, and it is the easiest one to apply. All it takes is a moron and a pen.