Group: humanities.philosophy.objectivism
From: Reggie Perrin
Date: Monday, April 07, 2008 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: Take Him All In All

On 7 Apr, 13:15, Charles Bell wrote:
> On Apr 7, 2:38 am, Reggie Perrin wrote:
> > [...]
> > So let's get this straight: you think
> > that the UK is the worst example
> > of separation of powers, and yet you
> > think America should adopt a system
> > more like the UK's?
>
> I did not make that claim.  I said the U.S. Supreme Court needs reform
> or abolition and, perhaps, its function as a court of last resort
> could be taken over by the Senate.  That is the only similarity (to
> the Law Lords) that might happen should that plan be implemented, but
> the U.S. will retain the greatest separation of powers in its federal
> government of any nation, and abolishing the absolutist judicial
> review of SCOTUS would *further* that separation, not hinder it.

The above paragraph sums up your
Alice-in-Wonderland position nicely:
you think that a partial fusion of the
legislature and the judiciary would
*further* the separation of
powers.

I think my work here is done.

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