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President Bush receives standing ovations for this line in his stump speeches around the country: "We will not stand for judges who undermine democracy by legislating from the bench and try to remake the culture of America by court order." But to paraphrase Mark Twain's famous comment about the weather, everybody complains about judicial arrogance but nobody does anything about it. Phyllis Schlafly's new book The Supremacists is the answer to that complaint. She not only presents the facts that justify public indignation about judges who presume to legislate and to remake our culture, but she provides a plan of action to deal with the problem. She labels the activist judges "supremacists" because they advocate the supremacy of a particular group, namely, themselves, over the rest of us, including our elected representatives. This book cuts through legal gobbledegook to make ordinary citizens understand the damage wrought by judges: in censoring the acknowledgment of God, redefining marriage, undermining U.S. sovereignty, promoting pornography, fostering feminism, and even interfering with elections. Mrs. Schlafly shows how the judges' grab for power was not authorized by the Constitution but has taken place over the last 50 years. It is Congress's job, she writes, to put the courts back in the proper role that the Constitution assigned them. She proves that the notions that "the Constitution is whatever the Supreme Court says it is" and that any judge's ruling is "the law of the land" are unconstitutional distortions and must be repudiated by Americans because the Constitution (not the court!) is "the supreme law of the land." The Supremacists is a handbook for ordinary citizens to understand what judges have done to America, and how Congress can terminate the rule of the Imperial Judiciary. Thomas Sowell calls it "must-reading for those who want to stop activist judges from taking away the people's right to choose their own laws and policies." Former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III calls it "must-reading for citizens concerned about preserving our constitutional republic and our freedom." Judge Robert Bork says the book "deserves a wide readership and its message must be taken to heart." David Limbaugh says it "puts the issue of judicial supremacy on our front burner where it should be." (Spence Publishing, 2004, 183 pages, $24.95) |
This statement resonates with his audiences because almost everyone has a "beef" about out-of-control judges. Americans are outraged about judges banning the Pledge of Allegiance, removing the Ten Commandments or historic crosses, ordering same-sex marriage licenses, giving the green light to internet pornography, citing foreign courts to overturn U.S. laws, imposing taxes, or handicapping law enforcement.
