Friday, June 30, 2006

An evenhanded editorial - The WashPost on Hamden: “In some ways, the ruling replicates a pattern in American history where presidents have acted aggressively in wartime, only to be reined in by courts or Congress. Even some Bush supporters said yesterday that it may be appropriate now to revisit decisions made ad hoc in a crisis atmosphere, when a president's natural instinct is to do whatever he thinks necessary to guard the nation against attack.” There’s no point in reading the Times editorial.

4 comments:

Brian said...

What? How dare Bush act in defense of the nation without the approval of federal judges on every action. Hasn't he even read the Constitution? It says that judges are the final arbiter of everything.

Anonymous said...

Psst. Sarcasm works better when it does more than repeat the truth.

The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; to Controversies between two or more States; between a State and Citizens of another State; between Citizens of different States; between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.
In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.

Anonymous said...

with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.

Seems clear, let's get goin' on regulatin' and exceptin' our way to judical sanity.

Tob

Anonymous said...

Damn those activist judges! Especially the activist judges whom our Founding Fathers actively chose to act in positions of active activity!