On 01-15-98, DAVID HARTUNG declared to ROBERT PLETT:
DH> RP> Start reading - they forgot that long ago, as is so well illustrated
DH> RP> by the following premises on which the Court operates as noted in 
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DH> RP> Fob James' letter to Judge Ira Dement, exerpted from a speech given 
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DH> RP> Justice William Brennan, Nov. 21, 1982:
DH> Isn't Justice Brennan one of the more liberal members of the court?
Yes, but his remarks describe the behavior of all courts in this country
generally, including the Supreme Court.

DH> RP> "The opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what
DH> RP> laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves in
DH> RP> their own sphere of action but for the legislature and executive
DH> RP> also in their spheres, would make the judiciary a despotic branch.
DH> RP> To consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all
DH> RP> constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and
DH> RP> one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy....
DH> RP> The Constitution has erected no such single tribunal."
DH> Sounds like it may be time to impeach a few justices.
I've been saying that for some time.  That it hasn't happened is one of
the big complaints I have against Congress.
Bob     /\-/\   - proud Ilk   homebody@galstar.com
C.A.T. ( o o ) Chapter Ilks
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 * SLMR 2.1a * Congress is supposed to defend the Constitution too.
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