The Supremacists: The Tyranny Of Judges And How To Stop It (Hardcover)

by Phyllis Schlafly (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
A detailed diagnosis and cure . . . puts the issue of judicial supremacy on our front burner where it should be. -- David Limbaugh, attorney and author

A vital book . . . must-reading for citizens concerned about preserving our constitutional republic and our freedom. -- Edwin Meese III, former U.S. Attorney General

Small in size but huge in importance, "The Supremacists" is must-reading. -- Thomas Sowell, senior fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Product Description
The gravest threat to American democracy is the supreme power of judges over political, social, and economic policy. In this bracing indictment, Phyllis Schlafly exposes the courts’ fifty-year conquest of legislative authority, made possible by presidents, congressmen, and voters who surrendered without a fight. The Supremacists is both a warning that self-government is in peril and a battle plan for overthrowing the tyranny of judges.

The Constitution’s system of checks and balances between the three branches of government has been an illusion for decades. The reality is an increasingly brazen judicial supremacy. Judges dictate fundamental social policy, impose taxes, manage schools and prisons, and orchestrate elections. In short, Americans have exchanged the rule of law for the rule of judges.

The Supremacists begins with a survey of a half-century of judicial legislation. Chapter by chapter Schlafly reveals the astonishing scope of judicial ambition. Without any constitutional mandate, judges have banned the public recognition of God, redefined marriage, undermined national sovereignty, released a flood of pornography, institutionalized feminist dogma, and handicapped law enforcement.

But Schlafly’s most startling revelation is the origin of judicial supremacy. The tyranny of judges stems not from the modest claims of Marbury v. Madison but from the infamous Dred Scott decision—the most carefully concealed skeleton in the judicial supremacists’ closet. In spite of everything, Schlafly concludes, the Constitution is on democracy’s side. It provides all the tools necessary—if only we’ll use them—to rescue America from the tyranny of judges.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Spence Publishing Company (July 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890626554
• ISBN-13: 978-1890626556
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #896,736 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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49 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let's hear the arguments and examine the evidence., July 9, 2004

By A Customer

This book is an excellent summary and analysis of our current constitutional predicament. Even if Mrs. Schlafly's legal and historical arguments are incorrect--and I don't believe they are--it is at least a problem that the behavior of the courts in recent decades has become such a source of division. We need a way out of this mess, and we won't find it by being complacent.

The previous review speaks for itself. For every person on the Right who is annoyed by challenges to his unexamined opinions, there is at least one such person on the Left.

Is it really so obvious, for instance, that there is no problem with the Supreme Court seeking "precedents" for its opinions in the legislation and case law of foreign countries? Is it irrational to wonder whether one judge should be permitted to nullify laws passed by a majority of citizens--based on his divination of the "motives" behind the law? Are we so sure that this is what the Founding Fathers had in mind--or that our judgment is better than theirs?

66 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clearly describes the problem with the courts, July 12, 2004

By	Roger Schlafly (Santa Cruz, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Great book. This is the only book that correctly identifies judicial supremacy as the core of the problem with the courts, and gives practical suggestions on what to do about it. For example, we don't need a constitutional amendment to stop same-sex marriage, because Congress can just withdraw court jurisdiction to DOMA (Defense Of Marriage Act). This book clearly proves that the courts do not need to be making law in the way that they do. It all started in the Warren Court about 50 years, and the bad, activist, anti-democratic decisions have been the result of erroneous thinking about the constitutional role of the courts.

19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book - doesn't go far enough, October 30, 2004

By	Griswel (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews

Phyllis Schlafly masterfully presents the core problem in American government today: there are no checks and balances when it comes to judicial power.

As an attorney I know from experience that there is one rule that trumps all other rules: judges do as they please. We have a Nevada supreme court which ruled that an amendment to the Nevada constitution was, effectively, unconstitutional and therefore refused to enforce it.

There is no doubt that judges see their branch of government as superior in authority to the legislative and executive - combined. They do not recognize the other two branches of government as legitimate checks and balances to their own power.

The Supremacists is a compelling review of the problem we face today, Phyllis Schlafly sets forth some useful ideas to reverse our slide into judicial tyranny. Her only fault is that she does not go far enough.