Reply #5: Actually, They Really Did See it Coming

[MannyGoldstein]

"In these sentiments, Sir, I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general Government necessary for us, and there is no form of Government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered, and believe farther that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in Despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic Government, being incapable of any other." - Benjamin Franklin's closing address at the Constitutional Convention

That being said, you should thank the stars that SCOTUS and the rest of the court system is functioning, despite the best efforts of the Republicans/DLC to utterly blow off their responsibilities in order to gain a few more shekels. The courts have truly behaved quite well - we even got an 8-1 decision against Bush's claim that he can ignore civil rights in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld. (When Scalia says your overreaching... well, holy crap, eh?) They have truly been the last bulwark against tyranny, as the Founders intended.

Now please repay the Founders by removing the Republicans/DLC from government.