Colin,
Right on. When most people think of 'politicians' they have been conditioned to think of the President (no matter who that is at the time).
Fact is, if anyone was paying attention, the Congress (and particularly the Senate) had much more to say than the President did between 2001 and 2003.
What is scary and needs to be changed is the Constitutional provision giving Federal judgeships a life term. Recent SCOTUS decisions deferring to the laws of other countries instead of interpreting our Constitution demonstrate a need to either limit the power of judges or provide for term limits and/or removal from the bench.
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