Three fallacies articulated by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes in his article The Court and Constitutional Interpretation, and promoted by the judges, lawyers and others who desire a national government with unlimited powers at the expense of the states and the people are quoted below.
I’ll address each judicial fallacy in turn starting with -
Independent
“The Constitution of the United States is a carefully balanced document. It is designed to provide for a national government sufficiently strong and flexible to meet the needs of the republic, yet sufficiently limited and just to protect the guaranteed rights of citizens; it permits a balance between society’s need for order and the individual’s right to freedom. To assure these ends, the Framers of the Constitution created three independent and coequal branches of government. That this Constitution has provided continuous democratic government through the periodic stresses of more than two centuries illustrates the genius of the American system of government.” (Emphasis added)
Judicial independence implies freedom from interference or control by either the legislative or the executive branch of the federal government. However, nothing could be further that the truth – constitutionally if not in reality. The powers of the Supreme Court and the lesser courts may be enumerated in the Constitution, but makeup, number and members are determined by the legislative branch with nominations coming from the executive.
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