From: Russell Blackford (rblackford@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Feb 08 2003 - 21:51:59 MST
>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.
Yes, this is the correct analysis. Whether such individual rights really can
be read into the US constitution is another thing. Assuming this is
legitimate, however, a body such as a Supreme Court is the appropriate
institution to protect them.
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