CBS and the Courts
I have a solution for the whole Dan Rather crisis. I think that CBS
should get a new line at the beginning of 60 Minutes. “One of these
stories is false, can you guess which one?” Then at the end they could
tell you which one. That way, people could be skeptical, trying to
guess which one the whole time. Maybe they could tie it in with the
CBSNews.com website so that you could put in your guess. If they would
make it so you could win CBS gear or something maybe the brand could be
healed.
There’s a story in the news about some legislation that is going
nowhere, but has a lot of potential. The legislation is the bill to
protect the pledge of allegience from judicial review. The democrats
are screaming that
- It’s a moral issue that they have to go on the record about before an election.
- That it hurts judicial review which we’ve had for 200 years
I think the second one is more interesting. If we were to start
eroding the court’s power to review legislation (particularly on
abortion, homosexuality, Christianity, etc.) then the left could not
legislate from the bench. That would make the court appointees less of
an issue, and maybe we could fill the benches back up with judges
instead of all of this fillibustering.
To clarify, the
Democrats are fillibustering because of how important those positions
are– because we have a judicial system who thinks that we like in an
oligarcy instead of a democratic-republic. Take away their importance
in making these unpopular decisions and voila, the fillibuster could
disappear too.
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Comments from MInTheGap
CMMaiden said,
Wrote on September 24, 2004 @ 2:05 pm
I would like to say that is a brilliant idea and a very good article!:)
StrangeCloud said,
Wrote on September 26, 2004 @ 9:53 am
Tough question. Judicial review of legislation is extremely important. It’s a “check” in the system of “checks and balances” that keeps one part of government from imposing unconstitutional legislation or grabbing too much power. It’s essential that the courts have the power to review legislation in light of the constitution. The problem is that in doing so, the courts have often imposed their own political or moral agendas in striking down legislation when a strict reading of the constitution would have upheld the legislation. Quite a dilema.