[Superman]

Sounds like you're angry, RedBeard, and not listening. You are suggesting that the Court act like the legislature at one point (like they should respond to a supermajority, complaining that their decisions run contrary to what the public wants, etc), and then complaining at another point that they are legislating from the bench. Which is it? I assume you know it is not their job to legislate. So, what's all this about majority and supermajority and popular opinion?

Mostly what I am saying, having watched judicial bodies agonize over certain decisions, is that these issues are really simple for RedBeard, who I assume is not even an attorney let alone a judge, let alone a
Supreme Court Justice, while he sits in his computer room having not attended law school and probably not seen a single document from the file those justices considered. And I'd guess you like that simplicity. It allows you to act like you know these United States Supreme Court justices' brains have leaked out their ears. Clever. But not informed, Red. Bummer if this offends you, but decisions are much simpler without the facts.

I've made this analogy before and it fits like a glove in some instances: This is the equivalent of tossing your empty beer cans at the TV screen when your favorite WWF bout surprises you.

Frankly, inasmuch as I understand these decisions, I agree with you. But I'm certainly not going to draw the conclusions you have drawn without a great deal more information than what I have at the moment.