From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Sat Feb 08 2003 - 18:26:38 MST
> (Lee Corbin <lcorbin@tsoft.com>):
>
> Now failing even that, and at the higher level yet of
> the state, a decision along any of these lines is made,
> then even though I strenuously disagree with the decision,
> the right of the lower body should be defended against
> rulings from the higher. That is, I favor the individual
> first, then the district, then the state, then the
> Federal government, and then (reluctantly) the whole
> world.
I can't disagree with any of that, which is exactly why I
agree with the court striking down laws that should be
individual choices. YOu seem to be under the impression
that the court defending rights is itself an exercise of
federal power, when it is in fact the exact opposite.
When the court said there was a right to birth control,
for example, what it said is that /no/ legislative body
at any level has the right to interfere with individual
choice in that area. That not the court usurping power--
that's the court telling the legislature that they can't.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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