On Thursday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals -- the most-overturned circuit in the land -- ruled that the Bush administration's fuel economy/pollution standards are too lax.

Now, I'm all for increased fuel efficency. If Detroit (and Europe and Japan) could make a safe, spacious SUV with enough power to merge safely into freeway traffic and got 273 miles per gallon of gasoline, they would make it. All of you Big Oil conspiracy types can go back to the Ron Paul for President Web site.

The government, unfortunately, doesn't really help the auto industry or consumers when it mandates pie-in-the-sky technology that is scientifically unattainable.

Now, back to the 9th Circuit ruling. This is what happens when Congress gets lazy with its law-passing. Why is a court deciding this question in the first place? If the president's regulations aren't sufficient, then why is this in court and not back in Congress?

Both sides complain about unelected judges deciding issues when their side loses -- why do we put up with it. Demand Congress act.

Judges decry the sometimes low-esteem with which they're held. Don't take cases that require you to make policy. Make the legislative branch do its job.