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Politics : President Barack Obama
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (32280)9/13/2008 4:46:48 AM
From: nigel bates  Read Replies (1) of 149317
 
>>and especially Fletcher v Peck<<

You really haven't been listening to anything I have said.
In Fletcher v Peck the SC enforced an article of the constitution.
Fletcher v Peck has nothing to do with the Supreme Court enforcing the Bill of Rights - ie amendment rights.

I'm sorry, but if you took the trouble to understand your nation's constitution, which despite its messy history and inherent flaws is about the best one in existence, you wouldn't be shouting slogans like 'judicial activism'.

There are entirely legitimate arguments to be had about Roe v Wade, the meaning of the Second Amendment and the extent of the powers of the Supreme Court.
The best justices have been those who have tempered their political beliefs with a respect for the process of law and the arguments and opinions of those who disagree with them.

One of the reasons I believe Obama might make a great president is that I am pretty certain that he won't appoint liberal versions of Scalia.

>>But you're free to interpret history in whatever frame you wish.<<

As are you. You are not free to interpret the law in whatever frame you wish. That is rather the point of the law.

>>Thank you. I am not a lawyer.<<

Neither am I, but I respect their knowledge of the law.
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