I am officially freaked out.

[mandolin]

Okay, so most people know I'm pretty liberal but moderate. I've been annoyed with some things the Bush administration's been doing lately, but I haven't really been scared before.

Until I was pointed to H.R. 3920, the "Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act of 2004."

The point of this bill? To allow Congress to reverse the judgments of the Supreme Court.

Yep.

Is it just me, but wouldn't this pretty much mess up the system of checks and balances in the federal government and wipe out the judiciary balance completely?

And why are they doing this? 'Cause they want to ban gay marriage.

*headdesk*

*headdesk*

*headdesk*

Tell me I'm not the only one who will cry if this doesn't die in committee.

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To even SUGGEST the Legislature should have the power to second-guess our Judges just makes my skin crawl. It undermines the system. And could you *imagine* the chaos that would ensue if the Supreme Court decided the bill was unconstitutional, and Congress decided they wanted to reverse *that* judgment?

Ouch.

It also bugs me because didn't Bush have the opportunity to appoint four Supreme Court justices, giving the conservative judges a majority? (Correct me if I'm wrong.) If that's the case, and the administration STILL wants to pull this kind of a stunt, there is something VERY wrong here.