Why Don't Lawmakers Write Their Reasoning like Supreme-Court Justices Do?
@mythociate (21432)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
March 8, 2013 10:54pm CST
I saw former Supreme-Court justice Sandra Day O`Connor (promoting her new book Out of Order) on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart the other night, and she mentioned that the Judicial Branch is the only one whose members have to explain their law-decisions.
Why is that? Why must we 'depend' on the judgemental media's speculations as to the reasons behind the actions of the Executive- & Legislative-Branches? even if the congressmen & President all 'sign onto someone else's explanation of why,' & even if some of their 'reasonings' are "well, it just felt like the right thing to do."
5 responses
@sierras236 (2739)
• United States
9 Mar 13
They kind of do. You can find it all on their website. Well, at least the reasoning on the stuff that they sponsor.
@sierras236 (2739)
• United States
10 Mar 13
Each Representative also has their own websites. Depends on what you want to know about them. But a general search should give you their site.
@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
9 Mar 13
Where's that? (either 'what's the address?' or 'what do we 'Search' for in the text-bar myLot gives us?')
@crossbones27 (49470)
• Mojave, California
9 Mar 13
We should make this into a joke. I am not saying your questions is a joke but if you understand how things work in Washington, it kind of sounds like a joke. It would sound something like this "Why Don't Lawmakers Write Their Reasoning like Supreme-Court Justices Do?" Because lobbyist writes the laws.
Yet we pay these politicians hundreds of thousands of dollars to not do their job.
@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
9 Mar 13
Then why don't concerned American 'citizens' start petitions-etc. (the nearest we can get to an "uprising" and still be 'civil') to change the laws to MAKE lawmakers write-out their reasonings?
@crossbones27 (49470)
• Mojave, California
13 Mar 13
Hey I am all for that. The problem is I see petitions all over the place, and yet some of these things very rarely change. Sure we can fix gay rights, women's violence act, if their is enough people support, but when it comes to anything that has to do with how big money is ruining this country. Not much really changes. Its still the game they just like to change the names on things to make people think they are working it. Yet they really have no intentions of changing it because they are stuffing their pockets while lying to us.
@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
9 Mar 13
Yes the judges have to give their reasons to support their decisions and you can not challenge their decisions except ot another court. If you don't like the decisions of a certain judge it is not that easy to get rid of them. The Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life and can only be removed by impeachment. Unlike your elected politicians they can not be voted out of office. If you don't like the laws made by a politician you can vote against him or her.
@burrito88 (2774)
• United States
11 Mar 13
Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life. They are also part of the only branch of the federal government that is not directly elected by the public. Congress probably wouldn't want to publish their opinions because they could come back to bite them when they run for re-election. In part though, their opinions are published in the Congressional Record from speeches they give in front of Congress.
@crossbones27 (49470)
• Mojave, California
13 Mar 13
I think you hit it on the head of why that will never happen. I still think though if people are passing laws for the right reasons and politicians explained their reasoning in a logical reason to the American people. They would not have nothing to worry about. The problem is many of them do not pass laws for the right reasons.
@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
31 Mar 13
Shouldn't 'Reason' be our leaders' language? Why would our leaders be afraid to use 'Reason' to support their decisions?
