Posted by Bob on 08/11/06 11:56

On 10 Aug 2006 14:30:59 -0700, "FatKat" <robynari@juno.com> wrote:

>Actually, it's the enforcement of laws that makes them binding, and
>that's where the judges come in.

Spoken like a true fascist. Justice at the end of a gun barrel. The
Chairman would just love you.

>> Dio you want the judiciary to make the laws?

>Actually, they've been doing that for ages. It's called "precedent".

That is not the same as law.

Wikipedia:

Precedent: In law, a precedent or authority is a legal case
establishing a principle or rule which a court may need to adopt when
deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts. The term may
also refer to the collective body of case law which a court should
consider when interpreting the law. When a precedent establishes an
important legal principle, or represents new or changed law on a
particular issue, that precedent is often known as a landmark
decision.

Nowhere in that definition is there any mention of precedent being the
same as a law.

>Many judges are elected.

I am talking about federal judges. They are the ones who rule on
federal law.


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"One must realize that the world is a network of real and virtual
combat zones where the stakes are high, struggle is the primary
mode of being and only total victory is acceptable.
-- Sun Tzu, "The Art Of War"

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