On democracy
This was in the New York Times letters on Wednesday, April 24:
To the Editor:
Re “A Sharp Turn for the Supreme Court on Abortion” (letters, April 20):
I am a rheumatologist caring for a patient whose lupus nephritis is flaring. Her creatinine is rising as her platelet count falls, and she has failed to improve with pulse methylprednisolone and intravenous cyclophosphamide. I am contemplating using rituximab. I would like to refer this case to the United States Supreme Court for its guidance.
Richard Zweig, M.D.Santa Rosa, Calif., April 20, 2007
A humorous method of pointing out a serious flaw in our legislative process. The Supreme Court, were judges are appointed for life, is armed with the right to strike down only laws which are unconstitutional - not laws which are foolish. Congress, where elections (i.e. public opinion) dictate the membership, can implement any legislation they like as long as it doesn't infringe on a few basic constitutional rights. So despite our forefather's best efforts, a loophole exists for emotion and dogma rather than reason and logic to govern.
As Churchill so famously said, "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
To the Editor:
Re “A Sharp Turn for the Supreme Court on Abortion” (letters, April 20):
I am a rheumatologist caring for a patient whose lupus nephritis is flaring. Her creatinine is rising as her platelet count falls, and she has failed to improve with pulse methylprednisolone and intravenous cyclophosphamide. I am contemplating using rituximab. I would like to refer this case to the United States Supreme Court for its guidance.
Richard Zweig, M.D.Santa Rosa, Calif., April 20, 2007
A humorous method of pointing out a serious flaw in our legislative process. The Supreme Court, were judges are appointed for life, is armed with the right to strike down only laws which are unconstitutional - not laws which are foolish. Congress, where elections (i.e. public opinion) dictate the membership, can implement any legislation they like as long as it doesn't infringe on a few basic constitutional rights. So despite our forefather's best efforts, a loophole exists for emotion and dogma rather than reason and logic to govern.
As Churchill so famously said, "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
posted by Nicholas at 10:24 AM
1 Comments:
I shy away from your abortion discussions because I know that eventually my emotions will attempt to overthrow all logic and that would be harmful for the pro-choice movement. I'm so glad that you enjoy tackling it though! I thought you might be interested in reading this man's touching personal abortion story: blog
~Brooke
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