Irony

May 19, 2004 16:40

The first of two entries inspired by chronarchy's newfound anti-RepublicanismI'm certainly not the first one to point this out, but it's quite ironic that this past Monday we had two things happening simultaneously ( Read more... )

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chronarchy May 19 2004, 20:58:52 UTC
"activist judges"

I despise that term. I've been hearing it for a while.

Someone in Congress was recently talking about overturning Marbury v. Madison because that's where "judicial activism" started.

Of course, the guy had a point: the Supreme Court doesn't have the right to overturn laws on the basis of constitutionality according to the Constitution. They kind of gave themselves that power. But I personally think it's *very* justified.

Time to go read my constitution to make sure I'm right about that previous paragraph. . .

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