Kent Conrad: “If I could I inquire further, I must say I share the Senator's concern about involving the courts. I think that would be…”

“If I could I inquire further, I must say I share the Senator's concern about involving the courts. I think that would be most unwise. It would dramatically change what our forefathers handed to us in terms of a constitutional document, the separation of powers which is fundamental to the success we have enjoyed for 200 years in this country. Is it conceivable to the Senator that there is any perfecting amendment that could be offered to the legislation before us that would take the courts out as the final arbiter?”