Wrong Opinions of Dead People
4 Pages Posted: 19 Jul 2011
Date Written: July 17, 2011
Abstract
The Bill of Rights works so well when properly administered that unethical members of the executive, legislative or judicial branches cannot sustain or consolidate power beyond constitutional limits. Under the premise that power tends to corrupt, too many public sector officials endeavor to loosen the constraints imposed by the Framers. The easiest branch to effect unconstitutional breaches of authority is the judiciary via a policy of judicial review. However, in the high court’s fervor to protect itself from suit, it has induced incompetence by ignoring innovations in other social sciences that directly impact on the administration of justice. Judicial power is now susceptible to formal proofs indicating that judges are no longer the experts in determining the constitutionality of statutes, common law or legal procedures.
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