Justice Sunday
The Justice Sundays have been rather amusing to me. Unaccountable judges running rampant over the rights of individuals! To live in a theocracy or whatever. Without getting into the specifics of the ridiculousness of the Zell Miller Variety Hour, I have been thinking about the potential unintended consequences of this gathering. This is not a liberal Supreme Court and it will arguably be less liberal once Bush appoints Roberts and, eventually, Rehnquist's successor. Now it is not nearly conservative enough for the Sunday Justice Crowd. They believe that their particular faction can continue its straglehold on the leadership of the Congressional Republicans and, to a certain extent therefore, on the country. It's just the pesky court that is getting in the way of a brighter tomorrow in which we can once again persecute people for sodomy.
However, if and when the Democrats take back Congress, and they will, then the Court will be the last best hope for conservatives everywhere, particularly the Sunday Justice Crowd. If through their actions, they reduce the public cachet of the Court, which would be a significant accomplishment, in the medium term I can only see that benefitting liberals. After all, Brown v. Board is, in my view, the exception to the rule. I would much rather see the Congress having more power particularly since I realize that DeLay will not always be hammering away at its moral character and collegiality.
posted by micahd @ 11:33 AM
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