My favorite branch of government...

I've never thought about what my favorite branch of government is. Honestly, it's kind of a lame thing to think about. But given the events of the past few years, I think I have to go with the judicial branch. Basically, judges have managed to piss off both liberals (decision to stop the 2000 recount) and conservatives (Terri Schiavo case). And really, in that profession, if you're pissing off both sides you're probably doing your job.

What so many people seem to have forgotten is that judges actually constitute a third branch of government. It is, in fact, their job to look at laws and find out if Congress has gone completely fucking nuts. Many congressmen and women seem to think it's their job to rubber stamp their ideas and give them validity. Sorry, but I took the constitution test in junior high and high school, and while I'll be damned if I remember how a bill becomes a law (I think it has to wait on the Capitol steps for a long time talking to passersby), I do know that judges have a check on our elected representatives.

If conservatives aren't railing against "activist" judges who can't find the part where Thomas Jefferson said, "No two men shall fucketh and receive wedding vows," they're complaining about "inactivist" judges who won't step in and do their bidding. With the Republicans basically running the government, their likely going to butt heads more with the judiciary than the Democrats, who I believe are spending most free weekends outside of D.C. at their parents' houses on the lake.

Liberals are very concerned about conservative judges being appointed to the Supreme Court, as well they should be. But these judges also have to have reasoning behind their decisions. Maybe they can find a reason not to allow gays to marry, but I think it will be hard. I hear the secret version of the Constitution kept by the shadowy "Council of Elders" doesn't mention gay rights. The judicial branch, more than any other, is there to keep a watch on the government and smack that bitch down when it messes up. If only they could run some of my ideas through the mill. Then I never would have made these shorts out of cherry pie. Lots of scrubbing ahead tonight.