With so many judges throwing their weight around, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon was appareantly feeling left out and decided to insert himself into FEMA management and ordered them to resume housing payments for Katrina victims.

A federal judge ordered the Bush administration Wednesday to immediately resume making housing benefits available to thousands of victims of Hurricane Katrina.

U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon said the Federal Emergency Management Agency failed to adequately explain why it ended the 18-month housing assistance program for people who lost their homes in the 2005 storm.

They failed to explain it. So what? That’s not a sufficient legal reason for this judge to usurp the powers of the Executive branch. Frankly, I don’t know whether or not FEMA should continue supporting housing for Katrina victims. But they obviously are going to have to stop at some point. So the question is, who makes that decision? It shouldn’t be an unelected and unaccountable judge making that call. That’s not democracy; that’s dictatorship.

That we have thousands of these black robed mini-dictators running around laying down decrees isn’t any better than having one all-powerful dictator. In fact, it’s probably worse.

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