Is the supreme court ruling reguarding pornography invalid since the House of representatives, Senate, and President never ratified it, and it functions as a Constutional Ammendment, and should all responsible governmental agencies be held responsible for the misery committed to millions and millions of people. This is a serious question.
2007-07-22
07:53:16
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Answerer # 3 the Branch system derives from Congressional authority/responsibility and all appointees are approved by Congress and the President thereby involving these branches with all decicions and making them responsible for civil and criminal liability that may result from confirmed nominees, ie ratified appointment, not to have ratification responsibility, would leave a position wherein there would be no recourse for violations of the Constitution resulting from a ruling, as a government without responsibility for civil right violations, ratification isn't a pat on the back, it is a contract between the appointee and the congress to uphold the constitution and people of the United States in the capacity of the appointment and be responsible for and partner in the adminstration of legal rights and penalties of the law and it's administration. Law being the adminstration of restraints and liberalities, and ratification assumes finanial/ civil liability of appointees.In my opinion.
2007-07-22
08:28:36 ·
update #1
to what ruling, Justice Blackman's 1923 majority, stating "it may be of benefit to marriages" it did not consider the civil ramifications of victims, and liability vacuum exists because there is no liability.
2007-07-22
08:36:13 ·
update #2
ps.the 7th grade history remark, was a bit uncalled for, there are 20 million people dead because of that ruling, minimum
2007-07-22
08:40:29 ·
update #3
ps. I mispoke on Congresses responsibility in decision making, relative to the Supreme court,however not on liability of ratification, as ratification involves more than approval,it involves some liability as the eminent source of writing the the laws of governance by participatory legislation, my comment doesn't intend to de-power the supreme court ,but give liability recourse to individuals(unduly) harmed by rulings that have elements of Constitutional instability.Supreme court decisions should not be subject to politics, however they also should not be totally discretionary or subject to unaccountability, or a state of perpetual injustice.
2007-07-22
09:45:54 ·
update #4