tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13444106.post8578286251469549185..comments2023-10-24T10:25:02.283-05:00Comments on the Fishmonger's Place: I am a Constitution VoterTheFishmongerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338292298898562493noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13444106.post-44952506970284791162008-10-09T20:56:00.000-05:002008-10-09T20:56:00.000-05:00nemo, I can agree with you on some of that. I mea...nemo, I can agree with you on some of that. I mean, we're a long way from Constitutional government now, and I'm not sure we'd survive a rapid transition. But I'd like to see us moving in that direction. <BR/><BR/>As far as the supreme court being "king" (and I think the presence of the Supreme Court has done more good than harm)- what does that make a president who feels free to ignore them,? Emperor? Demi-god?<BR/><BR/>PS: I totally agree on the minions thing. Tried to train up TheGirl to be one for me, but I appear to have failed. I blame the meddling influence of TheWife. And though i"ve lost my chance to train TheGirl to be one, I still have high hopes that TheBoy will one day be doing my seizing... at least seizing me a beer fromthe fridge, if nothing else. (ok< this interface is suddenly acting up _ better publish)TheFishmongerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18338292298898562493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13444106.post-40613959671703860352008-10-09T08:24:00.000-05:002008-10-09T08:24:00.000-05:00Sorry about the the misspellings in the previous p...Sorry about the the misspellings in the previous post (Count = Court, threatened the to = threatened to). It was early, I was taking a break from a very ugly algorithm. Anyway, sorry for the errors. Gotta love the word "minions" though. I need some minions. How cool would it be to point to a foe and cry,"Minions! Seize him!" or maybe just send them out to fetch beer.Nemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346293243323538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13444106.post-61845793941940873142008-10-08T09:58:00.000-05:002008-10-08T09:58:00.000-05:00Perhaps you may have been on to something before t...Perhaps you may have been on to something before the rule of FDR. After FDR threatened the to stack the Supreme Count with his minions if they did not go along with his clearly unconstitutional plans, the point is moot. Since then, the Supreme Court can justify any law (and any violation) by exclaiming that the Constitution is a "Living Document". They have discarded the rule of law and substituted the rule of man (all bow to your 9 headed king.) It is worth noting that the ACLU has throughly embraced this judicial philosophy when it suits them.<BR/><BR/>I would still have trouble with this petition even if the premise (The Constitution is static and absolute) were not so critically flawed. The ink on the Constitution was barely dry when one for the founding fathers violated it. The Louisiana purchase, certain acts by Lincoln, and other technical violations did more to preserve the Union, and by extension our civl liberties, than the ACLU ever did.Nemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346293243323538331noreply@blogger.com