At 05:18 PM 2/23/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote:
>But, and correct me if I am wrong here, aren't the three branches of
>the FedGov supposed to be relatively equal in overall power?
Ummmm....... No. That was never envisioned at all by the Founding
Fathers as near as I can tell. I think that you are mistaking "a system
of checks and balances" for "relatively equal power." Suffice to say, it
was not intended for the judiciary to be writing the law as if it had the
democratic legitimacy of a Legislature.
JDG
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