Surreality TV

So...if I order a Supreme Court, that comes with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream, right?

Either way, kate_nepveu posted a link to a poll by another lawyer type which is related to a meme that's also making the rounds:

As was demonstrated in an interview with Katie Couric, Sarah Palin is unable to name any Supreme Court Case other than Roe v. Wade.

The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic, to your lj. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) For those who see this on your f-list, take the meme to your OWN lj to spread the fun.

Now, I'm not going to do the meme as it's written, I just wanted a jumping off point to rant about something that's bugging me.

The original bailout Paulson asked for was a seven hundred billion dollar blank check that had verbiage in it that excluded it from oversight or review by the courts or congress.

Okay, congress excluding themselves, while stupid, is within their power.

My real question here though, is where the fuck do they get off telling the Judiciary that it's not allowed to review the law? Last time I read the Constitution, the Judiciary was an equal and independent branch and congress had no right to tell it what cases it can and can't hear.

How the fuck exactly do they justify this hubris, and more importantly, why the fuck does the Judiciary put up with it?

If one of you lawyer types can explain this to me, well, I'll still think it's complete and total bullshit, but I might be a little less likely to get incoherent and stop seeing red every time it comes up.

So...if I order a Supreme Court, that comes with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream, right?

Either way, kate_nepveu posted a link to a poll by another lawyer type which is related to a meme that's also making the rounds:

As was demonstrated in an interview with Katie Couric, Sarah Palin is unable to name any Supreme Court Case other than Roe v. Wade.

The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic, to your lj. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) For those who see this on your f-list, take the meme to your OWN lj to spread the fun.

Now, I'm not going to do the meme as it's written, I just wanted a jumping off point to rant about something that's bugging me.

The original bailout Paulson asked for was a seven hundred billion dollar blank check that had verbiage in it that excluded it from oversight or review by the courts or congress.

Okay, congress excluding themselves, while stupid, is within their power.

My real question here though, is where the fuck do they get off telling the Judiciary that it's not allowed to review the law? Last time I read the Constitution, the Judiciary was an equal and independent branch and congress had no right to tell it what cases it can and can't hear.

How the fuck exactly do they justify this hubris, and more importantly, why the fuck does the Judiciary put up with it?

If one of you lawyer types can explain this to me, well, I'll still think it's complete and total bullshit, but I might be a little less likely to get incoherent and stop seeing red every time it comes up.