Disorder in the Court

In drafting the Constitution, the authors who had lived in England under the tyranny of monarchs divided the new United States government into legislative, executive and judicial branches to dilute government abuse of power. The legislative branch obviously enjoyed priority by its ability to enact laws for the executive to administer. The judicial branch merely resolved "cases and controversies." This book summarizes these cases and explains the increasing emergence of the federal judicial branch exemplified predominately by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal and its infliction of damage to cultural, religious and social traditions of the country. Federal courts began intervening in state court decisions involving highly contentious issues shortly after the end of WW II. Although the Supreme Court led the way, the Ninth Circuit has written decisions on subjects never judicially envisioned by the Constitution, has overturned innumerable state court decisions, and invalidated state and federal legislation. The court has intruded on immigration law, criminal law, the death penalty, and written innumerable cases restricting religion, enforcing racial preferences, managing jails and prisons, endorsing same sex marriage, confirming abortion, and eviscerating a variety of other cultural and social traditions affecting the public.