The executive and legislative branches must act to end the hegemony that the judicial branch has acquired by distorting the requirements of the Constitution. Judges, no less than legislators and executives, can run afoul of the Constitution. When they do, the other branches should act decisively to check their excesses. If they don't, the people should replace them with those who will.Nothing less than the future of our representative republic hangs in the balance.
Thus does Ken Connor, former President of the Family Research Council and now the Chairman of the Center for a Just Society, conclude a fine essay published in the Washington Times. But to read the history, civics primer and convincing argument he gives to prove this conclusion, you'll have to read the whole piece. You'll be glad you did. It's here.
