Wednesday, September 13, 2006
The New Juristocracy
The Founders didn't intend for the judiciary to handle national security.
"In reality, what this court has done is impose on a nation at war laws Congress never enacted, which incorporate a post-sovereign vision of human rights Americans have never adopted, derived from a treaty the United States has never ratified--indeed, has expressly rejected owing to fear that it would vest terrorists with broad legal protections."
"In reality, what this court has done is impose on a nation at war laws Congress never enacted, which incorporate a post-sovereign vision of human rights Americans have never adopted, derived from a treaty the United States has never ratified--indeed, has expressly rejected owing to fear that it would vest terrorists with broad legal protections."