There are court rulings that defy common sense. The Court of Appeals in Washington state has made a ruling concerning teacher / student relationships:
The financial crisis is dire and involves an enormous amount of money. Mr Henry Paulson has asked for unprecedented power in the Bailout Plan:
“… Sec. 8. Review.
Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.”
link: Text of Draft Proposal for Bailout Plan
This removes any of the standard checks and balances that safeguards a democracy. In this plan, the tax payers would fund the economic rescue and surrender all authority to someone for whom no electoral vote was cast. Does Congress want to yield such unlimited power to a non-elected government official?
Catherine Forsythe
