Constitution? We don't need no stinkin' Constitution
Over at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick, apologizing for bringing attention to a shameless piece of demagoguery, points out another instance of the Right's ignorance of, and complete indifference to, our Constitutional separation of powers.
"This one may have escaped your notice: Last week, a Kentucky Republican introduced a new House bill, HR 3920, to allow Congress to override Supreme Court decisions. No, seriously. Ron Lewis' bill, cheerfully titled, "The Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act of 2004," was introduced without much fanfare, perhaps because it's one of the dumbest ideas ever."
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"Congressman Lewis' bill shouldn't be made into more than it is: a silly little piece of shucking and jiving to polarize voters and get his name in print. I hereby kick myself for putting it in print. But this legislation represents the crossing over of a line—from contempt for any judge who doesn't see things Lewis' way—to contempt for the bench as a whole. And that shouldn't go unnoted."
Why do Republicans hate America so?
"This one may have escaped your notice: Last week, a Kentucky Republican introduced a new House bill, HR 3920, to allow Congress to override Supreme Court decisions. No, seriously. Ron Lewis' bill, cheerfully titled, "The Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act of 2004," was introduced without much fanfare, perhaps because it's one of the dumbest ideas ever."
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"Congressman Lewis' bill shouldn't be made into more than it is: a silly little piece of shucking and jiving to polarize voters and get his name in print. I hereby kick myself for putting it in print. But this legislation represents the crossing over of a line—from contempt for any judge who doesn't see things Lewis' way—to contempt for the bench as a whole. And that shouldn't go unnoted."
Why do Republicans hate America so?
posted by John at 10:53 AM
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