Walter Williams explains masterfully the reason why this country is suffering under the yoke of judicial tyranny. Observe this choice quote:

Whether “evolving standards,” the “weight of international opinion” and good ideas should determine court decisions underlies much of the ongoing conflict over President Bush’s federal court appointees. A federal court appointee who’d say his decisions are guided by the letter and spirit of our Constitution would be tagged by Democrat senators and a few Republican senators, such as Arlen Specter, as an extremist. They’d prefer justices who share former Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes’ vision that, “We live under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is.” Translated, that means we don’t live under the Constitution; we live under tyrannical judges.