Sowell: Stop The Activist Judges

Noted economist and political commentator Thomas Sowell has written an excellent article at the National Review Online in which he lays out the need for judicial reform.

The concept of Judicial Reform is not new, Christian Conservatives specifically, have been clamoring for years about the need for a reformation of the judiciary. However, the issue has not always been at the forefront of the American mind. The American people rarely pay attention to obscure court cases that do not seem to have an immediate effect on their lives.

Unfortunately, all too often the judiciary has had a disproportionate effect on the lives of the American people. Over the past 30 years the judiciary has gone out of its way to redefine social norms and expand the government’s power over private property.

Sowell states in his article that if judges are going to act like politicians, then the public should be able to vote them out, just as they would a politician. That is exactly what the voters in Iowa did on Tuesday. Three Iowa Supreme Court Justices were not retained by the people due to an activist ruling that redefined what constituted a marriage in the state of Iowa.

Perhaps calling up judges for retention votes is not such a bad idea. The election of judges is usually opposed by those who claim that the electoral process will stifle “judicial independence.” However, if we are all honest with ourselves, we will see that judges are not immune from political faction. Our fellow Virginian Thomas Jefferson agrees with me, he once made the observation that,

Our judges are as honest as other men and not more so. They have, with others, the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps. . . . and their power the more dangerous as they are in office for life and not responsible – as the other functionaries are – to the elective control.

Perhaps it is time for us to apply an “elective control.” Judges are human too, and power must be checked.

Сейчас уже никто не берёт классический кредит, приходя в отделение банка. Это уже в далёком прошлом. Одним из главных достижений прогресса является возможность получать кредиты онлайн, что очень удобно и практично, а также выгодно кредиторам, так как теперь они могут ссудить деньги даже тем, у кого рядом нет филиала их организации, но есть интернет. http://credit-n.ru/zaymyi.html - это один из сайтов, где заёмщики могут заполнить заявку на получение кредита или микрозайма онлайн. Посетите его и оцените удобство взаимодействия с банками и мфо через сеть.