I read the teaser on this blog and it caught my attention. Everywhere we look, another judge is either staying or overturning laws passed by duly elected representatives and signed into law by duly-elected governors or approved by a vote of the people.
Is this what our representative republic is all about? A few men and women sitting in a courtroom somewhere over-riding the will of the majority? As the piece says, if according to the 10th Amendment ““rights and powers” not specifically itemized in the Constitution are held by the people collectively or by the states: by what rights to judges overturn the will of the people?
Read the article @ Doug Ross Journal Tyrants in Black Robes
Is this what our representative republic is all about? A few men and women sitting in a courtroom somewhere over-riding the will of the majority? As the piece says, if according to the 10th Amendment ““rights and powers” not specifically itemized in the Constitution are held by the people collectively or by the states: by what rights to judges overturn the will of the people?
Read the article @ Doug Ross Journal Tyrants in Black Robes