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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (8739)	12/21/2001 8:24:55 PM
From: Tom C	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Here’s my opinion. The Supremes tainted themselves by not letting the political process decide the election. By interfering in the political process these judges invited charges of politicization of the court and in a way, undermined the legitimacy of the president since it appears he gained by their interference. The state legislatures have the power to appoint a slate of electors themselves, if they choose to. Whether the Supremes interfered or not, this was going to happen. The legislature would have sent electors to Washington. These electors would have been disputed and the congress would have decided the winner. That’s how it’s been played out in the past. Bush would be the president in this scenario. That’s the political process described in the constitution. The court short-circuited the political process described by the constitution. That was the Constitutionally correct decision. Liberal jurists just try to wiggle around it, because they do not like the provisions of the Constitution as written........ The equal protection clause, that’s weak. The Courts could’ve let the political process resolve the issue. It would’ve been messy but that what’s happen in disputed elections in the past. This was an issue for the legislative branch (the peoples branch) to decide not the judiciary (the appointed branch). What kind of country will this become when judges are allowed to determine or short-circuit the processes just because they think it’s represents the best interest of the country even though the constitution provide mechanisms to resolve these issues. The Supreme Court acted like a bunch of liberals, deciding that the American people and the constitution are not good enough to resolve the mess without their interference.