said by AJICQ499087 :

The courts have the right to make up laws and drop laws from the books the people voted on. Is it justice? Of course Not. But foolishly the courts have too much power and often abuse the power.

said by AJICQ499087 :

The courts have the right to make up laws...

said by AJICQ499087 :

But foolishly the courts have too much power and often abuse the power.

said by AJICQ499087 :

But foolishly the courts have too much power and often abuse the power.

Durel says the city has spent some $3.5 million ...
Durel notes that the majority of that money was spent paying legal costs in an effort to fend off Cox & BellSouth lawyers

Thirty-four percent or $1.2 million of the $3.5 million spent thus far went to R.W. Beck, an engineering consultant ...

The city spent $1.18 million for six law firms to steer the project through a legal and judicial maze that included several appeals court appearances and a Louisiana State Supreme Court battle. How much of the $1.18 million is the result of lawsuits rather than unrelated legal matters - such as writing ordinances and an election referendum - has not been computed, said City-Parish Attorney Pat Ottinger.

"If the Supreme Court rules in our favor, it won't be that it cost us $1.1 million in legal fees. It's that the lawsuit saved us $6.9 million because the cost of the technology and hardware dropped," he said.

said by ff1324 :

they [The Courts] do not draft new legislation.

said by pnh102 :

Things like the Kelo decision, getting rid of the death penalty for minors, requiring the PGA to allow for exceptions for physically unqualified athletes and other such rulings have no basis in the Constitution, but are law now nonetheless.

said by Maxo :

The death penalty ruling is the courts exercising their duty to interpret the Constitution Amendment 8, "nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." They can define cruel and unusual punishment however they want.

said by Maxo :

I know nothing about the basis of the physically unqualified athletes case, but I'm sure if you read the judges rulings they filed it explains that basis of their reasoning for that decision.

said by pnh102 :

Things like the Kelo decision, getting rid of the death penalty for minors, requiring the PGA to allow for exceptions for physically unqualified athletes and other such rulings have no basis in the Constitution, but are law now nonetheless.

said by pnh102 :

Except when the Constitution makes very clear that a person may be deprived of life through due process of law. As a result, the death penalty is not "cruel and unusual" punishment. Look at this another way. There are 12 states which do not impose the death penalty for any crime. An activist opinion on the Supreme court say, with full legality, that these bans are illegal and these states must impose the death penalty.

said by Maxo :

Last time I checked the US still implements the death penalty.

said by pnh102 :

Things like the Kelo decision, getting rid of the death penalty for minors, requiring the PGA to allow for exceptions for physically unqualified athletes and other such rulings have no basis in the Constitution, but are law now nonetheless.

said by T1 Rocky :

The telcos were awarded the contract by the US government via the Telecom Act of 1996 to build out fiber to homes in America. They have already collected the funding to build out this network. However, they have not built out the network (AT&T has not even started and says dsl is sufficient for consumers!)