Thursday, June 27, 2013

Who runs this country now ???

I'm not even gonna comment on yesterdays announced decision by the Supreme Court.  If I did, I would probably ask why one man in this country, Justice Anthony Kennedy, the moderate middle man on a court evenly divided between four conservatives and four liberals.... appears to be the most powerful man in the country...

Instead -- I'll re-ask the question in the headline to this post.... 'Who runs this country now?'

For background to that question, I could go back to the Supremes -- but instead, I'll just go to a New York Court of Appeals ruling yesterday:

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Starbucks baristas must share their tips with shift supervisors, but assistant managers are left out in the cold, New York’s highest court ruled Wednesday.

The article, linked here, goes on to lay out the rules the court as pronounced. Who gets a share of tips left by Starbucks customers and who doesn't.  

My question is ---- Why in heck is a court making this decision and what document gives them the authority?  In my day, a company, large or small, set the rules, put it in a company handbook, and had new employees read and sign it. If they didn't like the rules, they went to work somewhere else.  If they agreed with the rules, they put on an apron and went to work.

What the hell is happening to this country? The Congress has delegated all their authority to the POTUS, the POTUS has assigned all his responsibilities to the career civil servants while he goes on a four year campaign trail and golf tour. 

And unelected Judges across the country become the de facto - arbiters and deciders, of what we will or won't do in our bid'nesses, our schools, our churches, and our bedrooms: Of what our votes mean, what our governments local, state and gob'mint can and cannot do, and conversely what they must do!

Like I said -- what the hell is happening?

1 comment:

fishbowl said...

What is happening?? The Judges are probably getting a kick back from their rulings. Simple deduction.