In my personal opinion, Pat Robertson’s book Courting Disaster is a very informative book. The book seems to be well researched and written with a vast amount of understanding from a Christian viewpoint. From my observation, I do tend to believe that even though he has done phenomenal research on the topic his ideas are still very one-sided and opinionated. Pat Robertson’s opinions and religious education, paired with his law background gives us an interesting take on the American judicial problems. Having said this, I would have much preferred a bit more open-mindedness in his arguments and less close-minded writing. His theory, which I tend to agree with, is that our Federal and Supreme Court structure has gotten out of control and maybe …show more content…
He notes that the Supreme Court may have veered off of the true path in recent years but pretty much leaves it at that. I believe that a statement like that deserves a solution, even if only in an opinionated way. One thing I do agree with is his belief in prayer. Robertson seems to indicate that the best way to prevail over this dilemma to begin with is by selecting proper judges. In order for this solution to work on a constant basis constant victories in politics is a must. Those in power must be held accountable for their unrestricted authority. Pat Robertson states in the book that the Republican Party has not been successful in doing this with their …show more content…
He even mentions the President in this theory of noncompliance. Most of the ideas that he presents in his book could easily be reversed by a future Congress. The idea of making power less than absolute may be a tempting solution but the people asking their representatives to limit their own power will never work. As far as the idea of getting rid of a judge who shows partiality to certain issues, it to could be easily overturned. Robertson says there could be some value to the idea of impeaching judges; however I believe that only the worst offenses should be considered for a judge to be