The LA Times is reporting that yet another activist judge is getting in the way of Georgie & Co. little war on the Constitution, by ruling

that President Bush has no authority to order an American citizen jailed indefinitely as an enemy combatant, and ordered terrorism suspect Jose Padilla be released within 45 days.

Don't the judges know that the only ones capable of interpreting the Constitution are Georgie, Alberto Gonzales, and the Supreme Court (as long as they rule in favor of Georgie & Co.). I mean really. We can't have a democracy if these judges keep making laws from the bench. How is our dear leader supposed to get anything accomplished if the courts, public opinion, and the Congress keep getting in the way?

Since the "Justice" Dept. plans on appealing the ruling, I thought I'd include a few tidbits from it

The court finds that the president has no power, neither express nor implied, neither constitutional nor statutory, to hold Petitioner as an enemy combatant

and

If the law in its current state is found by the president to be insufficient to protect this country from terrorist plots, such as the one alleged here, then the president should prevail upon Congress to remedy the problem.

This last bit is a bit scary, given the present state of legislating. Now...if only we could find some "activist judges" to rule on the legality of extraordinary rendition.
posted by Idle Crank at 2/28/2005 10:01:00 PM