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kickaha ([personal profile] kickaha) wrote2005-03-21 12:37 am

I'm utterly confused.

Since when does the federal legislative branch have the right to:

a) break the Constitution wrt to state's rights and intervene in an internal state matter with a federal court;

b) override a state judicial branch single-handedly, before a federal court review, and use executive powers of law enforcement to have their way;

Did I miss a few new Amendments that give Congress total authority?

Re: Has the bill been published yet?

[identity profile] actsofcreation.livejournal.com 2005-03-21 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
The Bill.

Re: Has the bill been published yet?

[identity profile] kaneda-khan.livejournal.com 2005-03-22 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks, I was confused about which gambit was the latest. This one boils down to "Terri's parents have 30 days to disregard all previous judgments and sue again". They aren't even going through the motion of throwing out a reason that the previous judgments may have been wrong, they're just hoping another judge could be given the same facts yet fail to produce the same decision. Congress is officially promoting jurisdiction shopping.

I wish the power to sanction sitting congressmen who support blatantly unconstitutional laws were not solely in the hands of their fellow congressmen. Just let the supreme court say "whoever voted for this steaming pile is just not qualified for the job" and hit a big gong or something....