Kaye Grogan
Whether appointed or elected . . . judges still subject to impeachment
By Kaye Grogan
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg confirmed what many of us suspicioned all along. Now you should know firsthand why so many questionable decisions have been made in the past few years from what appears to be an out-of-control court. Ginsburg let the cat-out-of-the bag when she revealed she along with other members of the highest court have been reviewing how other countries rule on similar issues brought before their courts.
In my opinion, the preponderance of other countries and how they apply their laws should never play a role in the regulation process of our "legal system" through the highest court in the land.
The laws in the United States are set forth in the Constitution, and trying to interact our laws and the laws of other countries is simply unprecedented. We are a country built on Judeo-Christian principles and God's laws, not a country operating with atheism at the forefront.
Ms. Ginsburg is of the notion we shouldn't rely solely on our own laws, but tread the "unsettling" far-fetched troubling waters governing radical countries to help make judicial decisions and possibly antagonize foreign leaders if we don't follow suit on many of their far-out views — when it comes to penal practices and punishments.
Have our leaders and judges arrived to the point they can't cogitate using their own discretion and wisdom? Maybe it's time they turned in their gavels and robes, and passed the court torch over to more qualified people. It is vital the Constitution be interpreted correctly, and if the judges who we put our faith in to execute the laws properly — can no longer "precisely" follow the rule of law as it is written — they need to step down.
As far as I'm concerned, the jury can stay out after I read where Justice Sandra Day O'Connor suggested in her speech — the jury in other countries might still be out as they ponder over our laws here in America. We need radical decision lawmakers from other countries like we need a 12-point earthquake or a repeat of Noah's flood.
When the U.S. Supreme Court relied immensely on other countries whether or not to strike down sodomy laws in Texas, this brought to the forefront the dangerous route they have been taking lately. Some countries have also legalized "bestiality." Can this beastly act be nearing the US court's decision making process? God forbid!
With all due respect to Vice President Dick Cheney "sir": the decisions handed down involving the atrocious behavior by the judges and legislatures in Florida ordering Terri Schiavo's feeding tube be removed was not executed in a fair manner. Mr. Cheney you may have arrived at a completely different opinion, if this travesty of injustice had centered around one of your daughters or grandchildren. And the U.S. Supreme Court should be admonished for refusing to intervene on the behalf of Terri's parents. Mr. Cheney you also felt inclined to tell the American people that there is a reason Supreme Court Judges are appointed for a lifetime of service — and to this I would add: there is also a reason the same judges can be impeached if they are acting in a reckless manner applying the law with a personal agenda in mind — above how the laws are actually written.
Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution can you find provisions where a spouse has the authority to petition the courts to order the removal of a feeding tube invariably causing the death of a husband/wife or any other family member. It's simply not there.
You can say what you want to about Representative Tom DeLay as the movement by villains to vilify him escalates. At least Mr. DeLay is right on the money when he said the judges in Florida need to be held accountable for the horrifying starvation death of Terri Schiavo. God forbid the nation as a whole — be exposed to the same decision-making travesties by liberal judges carried out in the states of Florida, Massachusetts, New York and California.
Mr. DeLay is to be commended for not hiding out in the "cloakroom" — afraid to stand up for Terri Schiavo, God and country. We need a lot more like him. But instead, we're saddled with a bunch of heartless back-peddlers.
For those of you who are under the impression the Terri Schiavo case is going to die down, just evaporate into thin air without repercussions for all those involved in the demented, heinous treatment of an innocent human being — especially in the 2006-2008 election . . . you can dream on.
The late Pope John Paul II hit the nail on the head — when he compared the slaughtering of 45 million babies and the inhumane treatment of Terri Schiavo to the Holocaust happening right here in America.
I believe in the saying: if the shoe fits . . . wear it. And there are a lot of people who have to wear the shoe for their participation in the mass murder of innocent babies, and now helpless people like Ms. Schiavo
And that's just my opinion!
© Kaye Grogan
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg confirmed what many of us suspicioned all along. Now you should know firsthand why so many questionable decisions have been made in the past few years from what appears to be an out-of-control court. Ginsburg let the cat-out-of-the bag when she revealed she along with other members of the highest court have been reviewing how other countries rule on similar issues brought before their courts.
In my opinion, the preponderance of other countries and how they apply their laws should never play a role in the regulation process of our "legal system" through the highest court in the land.
The laws in the United States are set forth in the Constitution, and trying to interact our laws and the laws of other countries is simply unprecedented. We are a country built on Judeo-Christian principles and God's laws, not a country operating with atheism at the forefront.
Ms. Ginsburg is of the notion we shouldn't rely solely on our own laws, but tread the "unsettling" far-fetched troubling waters governing radical countries to help make judicial decisions and possibly antagonize foreign leaders if we don't follow suit on many of their far-out views — when it comes to penal practices and punishments.
Have our leaders and judges arrived to the point they can't cogitate using their own discretion and wisdom? Maybe it's time they turned in their gavels and robes, and passed the court torch over to more qualified people. It is vital the Constitution be interpreted correctly, and if the judges who we put our faith in to execute the laws properly — can no longer "precisely" follow the rule of law as it is written — they need to step down.
As far as I'm concerned, the jury can stay out after I read where Justice Sandra Day O'Connor suggested in her speech — the jury in other countries might still be out as they ponder over our laws here in America. We need radical decision lawmakers from other countries like we need a 12-point earthquake or a repeat of Noah's flood.
When the U.S. Supreme Court relied immensely on other countries whether or not to strike down sodomy laws in Texas, this brought to the forefront the dangerous route they have been taking lately. Some countries have also legalized "bestiality." Can this beastly act be nearing the US court's decision making process? God forbid!
With all due respect to Vice President Dick Cheney "sir": the decisions handed down involving the atrocious behavior by the judges and legislatures in Florida ordering Terri Schiavo's feeding tube be removed was not executed in a fair manner. Mr. Cheney you may have arrived at a completely different opinion, if this travesty of injustice had centered around one of your daughters or grandchildren. And the U.S. Supreme Court should be admonished for refusing to intervene on the behalf of Terri's parents. Mr. Cheney you also felt inclined to tell the American people that there is a reason Supreme Court Judges are appointed for a lifetime of service — and to this I would add: there is also a reason the same judges can be impeached if they are acting in a reckless manner applying the law with a personal agenda in mind — above how the laws are actually written.
Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution can you find provisions where a spouse has the authority to petition the courts to order the removal of a feeding tube invariably causing the death of a husband/wife or any other family member. It's simply not there.
You can say what you want to about Representative Tom DeLay as the movement by villains to vilify him escalates. At least Mr. DeLay is right on the money when he said the judges in Florida need to be held accountable for the horrifying starvation death of Terri Schiavo. God forbid the nation as a whole — be exposed to the same decision-making travesties by liberal judges carried out in the states of Florida, Massachusetts, New York and California.
Mr. DeLay is to be commended for not hiding out in the "cloakroom" — afraid to stand up for Terri Schiavo, God and country. We need a lot more like him. But instead, we're saddled with a bunch of heartless back-peddlers.
For those of you who are under the impression the Terri Schiavo case is going to die down, just evaporate into thin air without repercussions for all those involved in the demented, heinous treatment of an innocent human being — especially in the 2006-2008 election . . . you can dream on.
The late Pope John Paul II hit the nail on the head — when he compared the slaughtering of 45 million babies and the inhumane treatment of Terri Schiavo to the Holocaust happening right here in America.
I believe in the saying: if the shoe fits . . . wear it. And there are a lot of people who have to wear the shoe for their participation in the mass murder of innocent babies, and now helpless people like Ms. Schiavo
And that's just my opinion!
© Kaye Grogan
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