Federal Judiciary

Maybe I'm Just Picky, But....

By AndrewHyman

Former Supreme Court Justice O'Connor has a new web site to indoctrinate the young teach kids about the judicial branch. Her web site's definition of "Judicial Review" is as follows:

Judicial Review ? This is the power of the courts to declare laws or actions of the local, state, or national government invalid if the courts decide these laws or actions are unconstitutional (emphasis added).

Now, why would anyone put in those extra three words: "the courts decide"? Putting in those three words is not just wordiness, of course; they change the meaning of the sentence, so that the power of courts becomes conditional on the courts deciding so. There is a lot of mischief to be found in those three words.

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Full post as published by ConfirmThem on June 09, 2008 (boomark / email).