Because judges and justices read the news, too. This came out last night at Red State: New Polling May Be the Death Knell for Biden's Mandates … A new Zogby poll … shows that likely voters have turned overwhelmingly against government mandates: 53 percent prefer personal choice over 37 percent
Judges read the polls, but they do not answer to any electorate. I believe that many of them have a "constituency" that very much smaller, whose interests are quite at odds with the general population. Maybe I'm wrong about that and the judiciary is as independent as advertised. Maybe they even care about popular opinion regardless. But if I'm right, then the whims of popular opinion don't matter hardly at all, and we can make some pretty educated guesses, at this point, about who really pulls their strings and in which direction.
We've lost the legislative and executive branches to naked corruption. Will the judicial branch hold firm enough to stave off the otherwise impending complete collapse of our system of governance? I really hope and pray that it will, but I urge my fellow citizens to think hard about their plan B.
This poll bothers me a great deal and I will not celebrate it. Why? Because it shows the general ignorance of the populace (including too many Republicans) about the Constitution and thus tangentially also shows their susceptibility to authoritarian actions.
Mark, correct me in any way that you see fit but to my mind there is no Constitutional authority for Biden to issue vaccine mandates to the public or to accordingly control its behavior either directly or indirectly. The authority for all of his directives (i.e., Executive Orders) must come directly from the Constitution or by statutory authorization through Congress. He can direct government agencies to take actions to enforce statutory law but these agencies themselves are not either legislative or law enforcement bodies.
When has Congress ever granted either Biden or any Executive Branch agencies the power to issue mandates? Where in the Constitution is such power granted? Hopefully the SCOTUS will not only rule correctly about the mandates but make the illegal nature of these mandates known to the public generally - I'm shocked so many people are ready to submit to a mandate out of deference to its Presidential source.
Gotta laugh at 49% Dems saying it's wrong to disobey a presidential mandate. Not a shred of introspection.
Judges read the polls, but they do not answer to any electorate. I believe that many of them have a "constituency" that very much smaller, whose interests are quite at odds with the general population. Maybe I'm wrong about that and the judiciary is as independent as advertised. Maybe they even care about popular opinion regardless. But if I'm right, then the whims of popular opinion don't matter hardly at all, and we can make some pretty educated guesses, at this point, about who really pulls their strings and in which direction.
We've lost the legislative and executive branches to naked corruption. Will the judicial branch hold firm enough to stave off the otherwise impending complete collapse of our system of governance? I really hope and pray that it will, but I urge my fellow citizens to think hard about their plan B.
And the pollster, Zogby is a bit Democratic. Reading his weekly report card in the Washington Examiner was eye opening in his biases.
This poll bothers me a great deal and I will not celebrate it. Why? Because it shows the general ignorance of the populace (including too many Republicans) about the Constitution and thus tangentially also shows their susceptibility to authoritarian actions.
Mark, correct me in any way that you see fit but to my mind there is no Constitutional authority for Biden to issue vaccine mandates to the public or to accordingly control its behavior either directly or indirectly. The authority for all of his directives (i.e., Executive Orders) must come directly from the Constitution or by statutory authorization through Congress. He can direct government agencies to take actions to enforce statutory law but these agencies themselves are not either legislative or law enforcement bodies.
When has Congress ever granted either Biden or any Executive Branch agencies the power to issue mandates? Where in the Constitution is such power granted? Hopefully the SCOTUS will not only rule correctly about the mandates but make the illegal nature of these mandates known to the public generally - I'm shocked so many people are ready to submit to a mandate out of deference to its Presidential source.
Meanwhile in Holland:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/police-use-attack-dogs-as-thousands-protest-against-dutch-covid-19-lockdowns_4189086.html?