On PBS's Gwen Ifill show 'Washington Week' 2/18/05, in discussing the Presidents success in the tort reform legislation, passed today in the Senate, Gwen poses the question; does that success mean the President will have an easier time with Supreme Court nominees, seeing that Alberto Gonzales was confirmed without too much trouble? Joan Biskupic (USA Today) responds No, it won't be anything like Gonzales, Alberto Gonzales's term is 4 years, the Supreme Court Justices are lifetime appointments, and a lot can get done in the 30 years or so that they would likely serve. And 'the courts are where the major laws are set,' she said. She went on to say that democrats would not pass nominees that they don't like, and would do whatever they can to prevent a conservative from serving on the court.
I don't know if none of the 4 other panelists were not paying attention to what she said, or didn't want to call any more attention to their view of who in their minds makes 'major law', or all of them believe that legislatures are not to be trusted and, in absolute rejection of our Constitution, have decided to run the country their own special way, via the courts. Especially the Supreme Court. But this obvious usurpation of the legislature as the lawmaking branch of our government as opined by Joan Biskupic went totally unchallenged if not totally unnoticed by the others; Gwen Ifill, Dana Priest, (Washington Post), Tom Gjelten (NPR), and Michael Duffy (Time Magazine).
She is right about the democrats' dependence on activist judges to make laws that might otherwise not be enacted by the citizens via their elected representatives. Yes, it's going to be a BIG and unnecessary and disruptive and divisive fight, starring the democrats.
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