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#1 May 23 2004 at 3:13 AM Rating: Good
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U.S. Congress tries to give itself power to reverse Supreme Court decisions:



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A BILL
To allow Congress to reverse the judgments of the United States Supreme Court.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act of 2004'.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVERSAL OF SUPREME COURT JUDGMENTS.

The Congress may, if two thirds of each House agree, reverse a judgment of the United States Supreme Court--

(1) if that judgment is handed down after the date of the enactment of this Act; and

(2) to the extent that judgment concerns the constitutionality of an Act of Congress.

SEC. 3. PROCEDURE.

The procedure for reversing a judgment under section 2 shall be, as near as may be and consistent with the authority of each House of Congress to adopt its own rules of proceeding, the same as that used for considering whether or not to override a veto of legislation by the President.

SEC. 4. BASIS FOR ENACTMENT.

This Act is enacted pursuant to the power of Congress under article III, section 2, of the Constitution of the United States.


So much for ****** checks and balances. Why don't we just get rid of the legislative and judicial branches as well and let the President do as he wants? The legislature only rubber stamps or hinders him, as they see fit, anyway and we can let his secret police make the laws! Works for me, we can call it a Dictatorship, a Democratic Dictatorship, to keep the damn liberals happy! Welcome to the ****** United Democratic Dictatorship of America! The land of the safe and the home of the fearful.

God damn ****** morans.
#2 May 23 2004 at 3:19 AM Rating: Decent
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Reminds me of Andrew Jackson
#3 May 23 2004 at 3:22 AM Rating: Good
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So...Congress can vote to give itself more power? Just like how they vote to increase their own salaries.


Luckily, the President can still Veto it, and even if he doesn't, the Supreme Court can determine the law unconstitutional.

Wait, but then Congress could override the Supreme Court's decision under power of the new law....arg.
#4 May 23 2004 at 12:37 PM Rating: Decent
Wouldnt this have to be an amendment to the Constitution? Seems making this major of a change in how we do business would require that. I could be wrong, though.
#5 May 23 2004 at 1:09 PM Rating: Decent
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No, you're not wrong. They're trying to override the power of the judicial branch of the government.

It would make things like creating a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage much more doable.
#6 May 23 2004 at 6:25 PM Rating: Decent
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Well that would pretty much eliminat the Supreme Court as the highest law in the land, which is what the founding father's intended. So I guess they dould just knock the "Supreme" off of that.

I personally don't like the idea of the highest law in the land being in the hands of electable officials, most of whom would happily sell what passes for ethics down the river for a handful of votes. The existing system has its flaws, but at least the justices can actually vote on the cases before them without having to worry if it will **** off some special interest group that will try to remove them from their seat.

#7 May 23 2004 at 6:32 PM Rating: Decent
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Ack, that is incredibly scary, how right wing can you get?

In Australia, if a politician even dares to comment on a High Court decision, there's a huge public outcry. We like to keep our legal system well away from the manipulative hands of the pollies.
#8 May 23 2004 at 7:12 PM Rating: Decent
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Ack, that is incredibly scary, how right wing can you get?
Until democrats get off their asses and vote en masse, expect this trend to continue.
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