Courts and the Policy Making Process…
Writing by abuhatem on Wednesday, 21 of November , 2007 at 5:29 am
The New York Times today reports that the Supreme Court is going to be hearing a case on whether or not people have the right to keep guns in their homes for private usage.
Judges make policy. Thats a fact. You can blame Marbury v. Madison for that one. It makes the policy making process much more interesting, thats for sure. For after the House and Senate agree on a common bill, the President signs it into law and may or may not implement it, the state and local governments have their disagreements, - then boom people go to the courts to clarify the law, and the judges product becomes policy.
Its not the neat and easy process that we all think of in our U.S. civics books…
It will be interesting to see what the courts say on this one. For Thomas Jefferson’s dissent on the courts making policy, check this out.
Category: American Politics
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