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The Blog for Thursday, March 31, 2005

Rebuke

    Too bad the folks that need to read this don't read much:
    In a strongly worded opinion, Judge Stanley F. Birch Jr. of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta said the law passed and signed on the Schindlers' behalf by Congress and President Bush earlier this month was unconstitutional.

    The law gave them access to the federal courts. ...

    And the generally conservative judge, appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990, struck back at what he characterized as intrusions by the legislative and executive branches into the judiciary's constitutional role.
    "When the fervor of political passions moves the Executive and the Legislative branches to act in ways inimical to basic constitutional principles, it is the duty of the judiciary to intervene," Birch wrote.

    "If sacrifices to the independence of the judiciary are permitted today, precedent is established for the constitutional transgressions of tomorrow."

    Writing with a touch of finality, he said:

    "In resolving the Schiavo controversy, it is my judgment that, despite sincere and altruistic motivation, the Legislative and Executive branches of our government have acted in a manner demonstrably at odds with our Founding Fathers' blueprint for the governance of a free people -- our Constitution."
    "Judge rebukes federal Schiavo efforts". See also "Judge Assails Schiavo Law".

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