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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (2484)	10/14/2000 7:46:07 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office. The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution the laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority;--to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls;--to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction;--to controversies to which the United States shall be a party;--to controversies between two or more states;--between a state and citizens of another state;-- between citizens of different states;--between citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants of different states, and between a state, or the citizens thereof, and foreign states, citizens or subjects. .............. Our founding fathers were a great deal wiser than you. They allowed for a Supreme Court which would decide all cases arising under the document they created (and by necessity to decide a case you must construe what is meant). The court is not limited by your ideas of what they should do, nor by the ideas of our founding fathers. Our country is not the same as it was in the 18th century and it would be ridiculous to think that laws created then, and unchanged, would be suitable to run it now. Of course it's probably easy for you to say a great deal about this since you probably know very little of the law- you've given ample evidence of your ignorance in the legal sphere. But I've always found that ignorance never stops people from having opinions about things.