tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739060599489725133.post5153627912671237024..comments2023-11-02T07:30:43.176-07:00Comments on The Peoples Point of View: Why Barak Obama should nominate an African-American to the Supreme Court!The Peoples Point of Viewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09086649544948193010noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739060599489725133.post-66159001470049343732009-05-03T17:11:00.000-07:002009-05-03T17:11:00.000-07:00Not going to argue the suggested choice. He seems ...Not going to argue the suggested choice. He seems to be perfectly qualified. But unfortunately I'm afraid that he will not be able to attain what you might be looking for. Unfortunately the mainstream media seems to have this idea that these judges have influence on the laws put on the books. The simple fact is, they don't. They only have influence on how they are interpreted. <br />I have worked as a litigaion paralegal for some time and can tell you that the only thing the judge can do is interpret the meaning of the law, not rewrite it, implement it, or even throw it out. In order to deem a law unconstitutional there has to be a majority ruling. I'm afraid that one man won't make a difference on that. In order for it to be considered as unconstitutional there has to be an unquestionable doubt about its constitutionality.<br />You see, it is our legislatures we need to work on when it comes to reforming our law enforcement system. The Supremes are merely interpreters, not implementers. Judge Strong would have no choise but to apply the very laws you are unhappy with as long as so much as one white/hispanic/black/or asian has been prosecuted under it. That is where the Supremes are limited in their ability.<br />Our checks and balances are broken. They are broken because we the people have become to segmented and fractured to do our duty of playing watchdog on the elected officials of the legislative and executive branches. <br />If we ever fix that, then maybe we can finally see reform in a badly outdated, and broken legal system.<br />One day I'm gonna have to put together a blog in order to discuss the root of all these problems we are talking about. Sadly, the root is within ourselves. The citizens of this country is where change has to start, not our elected officials.Kevin Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11959566147132620424noreply@blogger.com