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Article #39Re: *Some* Southerners Are STOOPID (WAS Battle flag
From: Lloyd R. Parker
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 18:53
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 18:53
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Dave Simpson (nospam@newsranger.com) wrote: : : Lloyd R. Parker wrote: : : >: The Constitution does not give the courts the right to interpret it. : > : >It's implicit in the courts being the ones to mete out punishment for any : >violation of law. : : BZZZT. : : I've ignore the lies and insults about "right-wing extremism" and elaborate : on part of why you're wrong above. The LEGISLATURE WRITES LAWS that : define punishment for violations of laws. Courts are established to hear the : arguments about the laws and to oversee trials to establish in a jury's view : whether laws were violated. LEGISLATURES specify penalties; juries and : judges may choose, but from what they're allowed to choose by the laws. But laws are often not very specific, and they sometimes contradict other laws or the constitution. : : How foolish or unethical of you to think courts do what legislatures really do. : : But then, so many losers out there do see it as normal, even desireable for : the judiciary to arrogate (not merely have wrongly delegated to it) the power : of the legislature. So what if the legislature passes a law saying "Methodists cannot worship." Do you simply allow it because the legislature passed it?
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e1e4,b0c08251f4866110 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e1e4,public X-Google-Thread: fc709,b0c08251f4866110 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc709,public X-Google-Thread: fa3bd,f368b316dcecd516 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa3bd,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-14 12:15:08 PST From: lparker@emory.edu (Lloyd R. Parker) Newsgroups: stl.general,atl.general,alt.radio.talk.dr-laura Subject: Re: *Some* Southerners Are STOOPID (WAS Battle flag Followup-To: stl.general,atl.general,alt.radio.talk.dr-laura Date: 14 Jun 2001 14:53:51 -0400 Organization: Emory University Lines: 30 Message-ID: <9gb17v$c62$1@paladin.cc.emory.edu> References: <3B1D9A58.99A5C476@NuKeSpaM.ROCK> <slrn9i57ce.nj3.kt-alt@pug1.sprocketshop.com> <LUZU6.3434$pb1.129299@www.newsranger.com> <fToV6.5152$pb1.196753@www.newsranger.com> <9g5l0j$fof$1@paladin.cc.emory.edu> <slrn9idjij.2am.kt-alt@pug1.sprocketshop.com> <9g8e9r$j4u$1@paladin.cc.emory.edu> <yXSV6.7579$pb1.293657@www.newsranger.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: paladin.cc.emory.edu X-Trace: lendl.cc.emory.edu 992544831 24994 170.140.1.29 (14 Jun 2001 18:53:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@emory.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Jun 2001 18:53:51 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!andromeda.5sc.net!finch!lendl.cc.emory.edu!emory.edu!not-for-mail