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Judicial tyranny.(COMMENTARY)
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The Washington Times
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August 10, 2003
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Byline: Richard Lessner, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
One of the greatest contemporary threats to the survival of republican government arises from the courts. Increasingly, judges are behaving like black-robed autocrats, not simply ruling upon the law, but making law.
Consider some recent controversial court rulings:
In California, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional because it refers to "One Nation, Under God," allegedly violating the First Amendment's "establishment clause."
In Florida, the state supreme court threw out a law requiring parents of minor girls to be notified before their daughters obtain an ...
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