Monday, March 21, 2005

Fear the arrogance of Congress

I read what I wrote at one c'clock this morning and it stands up well to the light of day.

What Congress has done over the weekend is an exercise of raw, arrogant power that every citizen should fear. The Founders separated the legislative and judicial powers for good reason. Now we have Congress telling ONE federal court that it has jurisdiction, and shall hear and shall decide, ONE particular case that is of a kind historically left up to the state courts. We have Congressmen stating that Florida is about to take a life "without due process," completely discrediting everything done by the various Florida state court judges who have wrestled with this case for years. Federalism is turned upside down; the Congress that the States and the People created now considers itself to be in total control of our lives.

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