Posted by
The Hermit Crab on Monday, August 31, 2009 8:15:57 AM
Courtney O'Brien of TownHall.com wrote a column earlier this month on the 9th US Circus Court's appalling order to the California corrections (prison) system to reduce its population by 40,000 over two years (presumably not by executions). One fact should leap out at you.
Federal court. State prison system.
To me, the answer is obvious. California should refuse to obey the order. Constitutionally, the federal court has no right to intervene in the state prison system at all, absent true violations of the 8th Amendment's ban of "cruel and unusual punishment" (Notably, the federal court did not claim violations of the amendment). Sadly, this probably won't happen, since California's governor is Arnold Scharzenegger, the perfect example of the genus RINO, since he's almost as strong as a rhino, and almost as intelligent. At least a rhino knows how to deal with a threat.
Read the article and see if you agree.