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Saturday, September 30, 2006

Alberto Gonzales places a horse's head into the Supreme Court's bed
Posted by Jill | 7:59 AM
The Bush Administration's consigliere, Alberto Gonzales, warns the Supreme Court not to interfere in the Administration's creation of the Fourth Reich:

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who is defending President Bush's anti-terrorism tactics in multiple court battles, said Friday that federal judges should not substitute their personal views for the president's judgments in wartime.

He said the Constitution makes the president commander in chief and the Supreme Court has long recognized the president's pre-eminent role in foreign affairs. "The Constitution, by contrast, provides the courts with relatively few tools to superintend military and foreign policy decisions, especially during wartime," the attorney general told a conference on the judiciary at Georgetown University Law Center.

"Respectfully, when courts issue decisions that overturn long-standing traditions or policies without proper support in text or precedent, they cannot -- and should not -- be shielded from criticism," Gonzales said. "A proper sense of judicial humility requires judges to keep in mind the institutional limitations of the judiciary and the duties expressly assigned by the Constitution to the more politically accountable branches."


Hmmmm....we'll keep that in mind when cases seeking to overturn Roe v. Wade and Griswold v. Connecticut make their way to the Court.
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