Still think the Religious Reich and their puppets in Congress aren't trying to take over?

[docwebster]

A rather frightening little bill, HR 3799, seeks to limit the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, and basically say that there're certain things that it can't touch.

Go read this article, folks. It's getting scary out.

Me for President in 2008!

Comments

[worldmage.livejournal.com]

I stand corrected.

One wonders what the Founding Fathers were thinking, though. I suppose it's one of the checks and balances to prevent the Supreme Court from becoming too powerful, but it strikes me as rather self-defeating. Congress could potentially pass a law totally castrating the powers of the Supreme Court to declare the constitutionality of law. That's giving the legislature an inordinate amount of power, IMHO.

[nsingman.livejournal.com]

As opposed to the inordinate amount of power the Supremes have now, able effectively to invalidate nearly any act of the executive or legislative branches by declaring them unconstitutional, however dubious the grounds? I like the idea of checks and balances very much; the Supremes are supreme only over other courts - not the other branches.