Sotomayor nomination

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Beestie

Legislators fill the glass, occasionally the Supreme Court siphons off an ounce or two but the police only care about what's in the glass. So really, police policy takes its direction from the legislators who create the laws. The court only gets involved when a law is unclear or unconstitutional in which case its the legislators who change the body of law to conform to the court's findings. The police never (officially) take their eye off the legislators.

The police don't wait for the legislature to change the law. When the court says the law (or part of it) is unconstitutional, the police change their policy immediately. They don't waste time, and resources, arresting people that can't be convicted in court, while the legislature corrects their mistake.