What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The law doesn't create a right.
Rather than waiting for future trials to determine rules that will impact every citizen, Congress should step in and write a law that takes every American's rights into consideration.
I believe Congress has a duty to do so as well; not simply as a body of legislators, but more importantly as a community of friends, neighbors, parents and Americans.
We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities.
Plain and simple, Congress must act to meet the needs of our constituents. We can do that by strengthening families, increasing the minimum wage, and ensuring equal pay for equal work.
Members of Congress must live according to the same laws as everyone else.
Don't count on Congress. Laws come into being because people on the ground demand it.
The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought to be done - the right should make the law.
You let Congress make the laws. You work with the Congress as the president to make sure that those laws are accurate and to the best of our ability, but you don't turn it over to the federal judges to make those laws.
It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.