Hostettler toward the court

In history classes twenty years from now, they will be discussing how our federal court system used to function:

"When the courts make unconstitutional decisions, we should not enforce them. Federal courts have no army or navy... The court can opine, decide, talk about, sing, whatever it wants to do. We're not saying they can't do that. At the end of the day, we're saying the court can't enforce its opinions."

-Republican Rep. John Hostettler of Indiana

It might be a good time to remind John that Congress has no army to enforce the laws that they pass either. If people get arrested or come into conflict with the law, and those "armyless" courts decide not to do anything about it, then you, John, are little more than a paper pusher in a big old building.

Hostettler has never seemed like a strong candidate in southwestern Indiana, winning reelection in his last three cycles but always garnering just over half the vote, often to opponents who aren't that well known. This year he managed 53% against a man who had just moved to the area and was a scout for the Boston Celtics prior. Bush's coattails probably helped drag Hostettler through again.

I'm sure the 8th district of Indiana would love to know that their man thinks that they have no legal recourse against the law. I wish I knew people who lived in the area still who could write some letters. I'm not sure how the papers there feel about e-mail from out of towners, but you can contact one of the bigger ones, the Evanville Courier and Press, by email, letters@evansville.net. A couple hundred ought to get them on the case.