HR 358 Protect Life Act

[SOREHOOF]

Originally Posted by Riot

How have "they" not?

As I said, it is not the responsibility of the Legislative Branch of our government to presume or assume to determine "constitutionality". That is the job of the Judicial Branch.

So the Legislative Branch ought to follow the Constitution, no?

The Legislators are my Frikkin Servants. They are not in the Boss Position. I pay them to not waste their time and my money not pushing forward Legislation without first thinking about having the Authority, given them by the people, to push it forward. The courts have enough to do without having to BABYSIT Congress's every move.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by SOREHOOF

The Legislators are my Frikkin Servants. They are not in the Boss Position. I pay them to not waste their time and my money not pushing forward Legislation without first thinking about having the Authority, given them by the people, to push it forward. The courts have enough to do without having to BABYSIT Congress's every move.

The courts don't babysit congress. There are lawyers that work for Congress, that babysit the laws they try to pass. Independent lawyers (similar to the CBO) that vet all bills for legality, review language and conflicts when the bills are written in Committee.

Once a law comes out of committee, it should be good, and as we've seen, only the exception goes to the Supreme Court.

Which makes the Republican "cite the constitutionality" house law they just passed an even more hilarious PR stunt that has backfired on them.