kjm@ut-ngp.UUCP (Ken Montgomery) (01/16/85)
[The subject line has been changed to protect the innocent...] >From: franka@hercules.UUCP (Frank Adrian) >In article <1174@ut-ngp.UUCP> kjm@ut-ngp.UUCP (Ken Montgomery) writes: >>[] >>>From: josh@topaz.ARPA (J Storrs Hall) >>> >>> ... The SC generally dispenses beautiful words >>>in which to clothe the ugly prejudices of the times; and the government >>>will do anything it can get away with, "entitled" or not. >>> >>> ... >>> >>>--JoSH >> >>PERFECT! I have not seen a better empircal observation of what the >>Supreme Court really does! >> >>-- >> >>Ken Montgomery "Shredder-of-hapless-smurfs" > >Well, Ken, I think that you are wrong in branding ONLY the SC as usurpers of >freedoms. If you look at history, all three branches of government have done >their fair share of robbing autonomy from citizens. The SC is visible only >be cause it SEEMS to be the last resort. However, remember, any member or >members of the SC can be impeached by the Congress. Since the Congress has >not deigned to do this, it can be assumed that any judgement the SC passes >has the implicit consent of the US Congress... > Frank Adrian I apologize for not being perfectly clear. To say that one entity does one thing is not to say that another does not. I did not intend at all to imply that the SC has a monopoly on restricting (or other- wise harassing) the citizens who pay the SC judges' salaries. -- The above viewpoints are mine. They are unrelated to those of anyone else, including my cats and my employer. Ken Montgomery "Shredder-of-hapless-smurfs" ...!{ihnp4,allegra,seismo!ut-sally}!ut-ngp!kjm [Usenet, when working] kjm@ut-ngp.ARPA [for Arpanauts only]