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To: Ilaine who wrote (115440)5/22/2005 3:13:31 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 793830
 
These days, liberals find this process too slow. If they don't like something, abolish it via judicial fiat.

I don't disagree with this particular differentiation, but I think it's a superficial observation, hardly the essence of the difference between liberals and conservatives.

Liberals used the judiciary to get their way because that option was available to them, well suited to what they wanted to accomplish. Had that option been available to the conservatives, they would have used it, too. Just as both liberals and conservatives have used the filibuster tool or the constitutional amendment tool. It's just a tool and sometimes a particular tool fits the problem and sometimes it doesn't. During our lifetimes, what you say is so. But if the conservatives can stack the judiciary for the future, they will use that tool, too.
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