After reading the assigned material on Issues of Freedom and Equality, Write a 2 to 3 page paper on the following subject. Type you response in the text box below or prepare your response with your word processor and copy and paste to the box below. Do not submit any printed papers.

Have the courts wrongfully assumed some responsibilities of the other two branches of government? Has the court system evolved into an "imperial judiciary" the threatens the liberties of the majority to benefit the minority?

For example: We know that the framers provided (in Article I of the Constitution) that only the National Legislature can make national law, and (in Article III of the Constitution) that the Supreme Court can interpret the law.

When the Supreme court rules in a way that is clearly different from the intent of the Constitution or if the Constitution is silent on a matter and the Court rules anyway; Has the Court moved into the "Law making" business which is the sole domain of the Legislature? (As in the cases of School prayer, Abortion, Gun control, Obscenity, Affirmative action, States rights as protected by the Bill of Rights)