"Frank" wrote in message ...
C J Campbell wrote:

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The Constitutional amendment would never have been needed if a small
number of judges had not decided, on their own and against the wishes of
the general public, to create a right where none had existed before.
Now,
these judges are often elected by no one; they are political appointees.
They answer to no one. They simply have decided that no matter what the
laws or the Constitution say, they can simply order anything they want.
I
happen to think that this is very dangerous to the rule of law.

This is a red herring. Judges rule on cases brought before them. This
whole
'activist judges' argument makes it sound like these guys are making it up
in traffic court.

Here we are in a con law forum discussing aircraft piloting. Wild. Ah,
well, then let's consider this fluke Campbell guy who doesn't understand con
law,which, among other things, is designed to protect the minority from the
majority. He just doesn't understand that this is not a pure democracy, as
in 2 sheep and 3 wolves taking a vote on what is to be eaten for dinner.
He should read less Joseph Smith (called chloroform in print by Twain, btw)
and more of the _Federalist_ by Madison and Hamilton.

Federal judges, whose job is to interpret and apply the Constitution, are
appointed for reasons thoroughly explained by Madison and Hamilton. We
don't have a parliamentary, plebiscite, theocratic, or plutarchy form of
government, Campbell. It is constitutional. See the Constitution for
details. YOUR rather heathen and seditious ideas of government represent
dangers to the rule of law.


What harm is it to you that 2 gay partners should want rights of
survivorship and other confidential rights similar to spouses? They didn't
ask to be born gay. What could be more harmful to marriage than the red
states' goshawfully high divorce rate where more than 50% end in messy
divorces?
That judge with the ten commandment fetish (I can't remember his name),
now
there's an activist judge.

Roy Moore who was defrocked and kicked out of the Alabama Supreme Court
building along with his tacky (and unconstitutional) 2-ton decalogue.

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Frank....H