There has been a long-standing problem, in my opinion, within our federal judicial system in that, somehow, even though I suspect almost all judges have completed law school, passed a bar exam, and practiced law, legal decisions track politics very closely. In other words, there are left-leaning judges who go with the Left and there are right-leaning judges who go with the Right. And it has gotten to be a fairly reliable pattern. I happen to be an originalist, at least in my own sense of the word, I like the original intent approach to interpreting the Constitution. Scalia was my type of SC Justice and Thomas is even better. The Left likes to change that meaning without going through an amendment process. So how come federal judges can reach such contrary judgements when they are looking at the same Constitution and the same federal laws? When they go before Congress for confirmation of their appointment, they invariably testify that what I’m describing as politics here will not affect\u00a0their decisions.<\/p>\n
The latest,of course, is the federal district judge in Washington state ruling on the President’s temporary immigration ban on seven countries. From all I can find there is not even one thing to support the judge’s ruling, yet it goes into force nationwide as if it were solid. The Constitution says what the executive authority is and immigration is part of it. The President is not in violation of any law that I have seen reported.<\/p>\n
Are we stuck with this terrible federal judicial system forever?<\/p>\n
BTW, I am not a lawyer but just an interested layman.<\/p>\n
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There has been a long-standing problem, in my opinion, within our federal judicial system in that, somehow, even though I suspect almost all judges have completed law school, passed a bar exam, and practiced law, legal decisions track politics very closely. In other words, there are left-leaning judges who go with the Left and there are right-leaning judges who go with the Right. And it has gotten to be a fairly reliable pattern. I happen to be an originalist, at least in my own sense of the word, I like the original intent approach to interpreting the Constitution. Scalia was my type of SC Justice and Thomas is even better. The Left likes to change that meaning without going through an amendment process. So how come federal judges … Continue reading