14 May
2003
14 May
'03
12:48 p.m.
On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 10:00:25PM -0700, Tim May wrote:
(I think the courts should hold personally liable those who pass unconstitutional measures. Imprisoning those who commit acts later declared to be unconstitutional might disincentivize them to blithely pass unconstitutional bills.)
Liability is an interesting idea, but then you'd have judges under a tremendous amount of pressure never to declare anything unconstitutional. ("Want a paycheck anymore, chief justice?" Or just wet squads assigned to take care of the problem of recalcitrant judges.) -Declan