Wanna meet another federal judge who rewrote a law to suit his fancy today?

I'm thinking today must be judicial brain rot day. See if you can wrap your heads around this seemingly simple question which landed in my news feed this morning.

When is a year not a year?

When Federal Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise consults his crystal ball, that's when.

Ten months does not a year make. Everyone in New Jersey agreed. But that's no obstacle to Judge Debevoise! He'll just rewrite our State Constitution to suit his idea of "fairness."

"... during reapportionment years, the one-year requirement cannot possibly serve to ... prevent carpetbagging when the constituency has only existed for seven months."

John Roberts would be so proud! He put on his black robes, peered into the minds of Nancy Pelosi's democrats, and pulled an Obamacare tax out of his ass. Not to be outdone though, Judge Debevoise held a seance or something and divined that back in 1947 when they wrote our State Constitution the good people of New Jersey didn't intend for "one year" to mean "twelve months." Seven. Seven is more than enough.

But then, neither of them can hold a candle to Barack "I won't enforce the laws I don't like" Obama. Or the Contemptible Eric Holder, Barry's erstwhile Attorney General and arms dealer to violent Black Panthers and Mexican drug lords everywhere.

I used to have respect for the law.

Today? Not so much.

Posted at 21:43 by Chris Wysocki   [/news]   Comments | Perm Link |
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