Posted on 04/15/2015 5:56:57 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Is the Supreme Court broken?
MSNBC asks, “Is the Supreme Court broken?” The logic in the online article that asks that question has some merit, and in fact, in some ways the writer asks the right questions. Sometimes, leftists teeter on the truth, but usually their ideology doesn’t allow them to locate the right answers.
The basis of Gabe Roth’s questions about the Supremes in his MSNBC article stems from a question that liberal left statist Justice Stephen Breyer asked. “Why should nine unelected people be making decisions that affect you in an important way? And why should you support an institution like that?”
Roth explains that we don’t understand what our political institutions are all about, and people seem to treat the Supreme Court like the justices are up in Heaven somewhere, decreeing things from on high, communicating directly with some mysterious source. Roth’s query is a legitimate one. Breyer’s question has a lot of merit. These questions and observations demand answers that are not rooted in ideology, but in the rule of law. . . of which I mean the Constitution, not the opinions of judges through case law.
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A hit piece, just in time for the Obamacare subsidies ruling.
Any any nominee to the Court who supports "Original Intent" will be rejected as a crazy rightwing extremist.
41 million aborted babies would ask the same question...
A lot Christians are going to be questioning the SCOTUS in June when they push gay marriage on all 57 states.
More like 60 million, and that’s just the ones who have been murdered by surgical means. God alone knows how many have been eradicated by chemical weapons of mass destruction.
Scalia, Thomas and Alito all do. The trick is getting a president who will appoint people like them.
SCOTUS are irrelevant in a post rule of law country. Besides, Roberts is still a traitor.
Its only asked when liberals arent getting the rulings they demand.
55 million.
MSNBC is quite broken.
The irony is that the Constitution as written created no Supreme Court power of “judicial review”, etc. Chief Justice John Marshall arrogated the power, and no one stopped him.
preferably three more, then three more with a final three in the last term of a Walker/Cruz Presidency.
True. Congress was a mess even back then.
I’d like to see former President Cruz appointed to the bench in 2025
FDR asked the same question back in the 30's. One of his mouthpieces even wrote a book--Nine Old Men, trashing the court as it stood.
Their answer was "They shouldn't." and their solution was to expand the court to fifteen or so--all FDR's hand picked fascists of course. Fortunately sanity prevailed and his coup attempt was beaten back.
Sad to see sicko Breyer following in the totalitarian footsteps of the most damaging president in the 20th century.
Good question.
Another question would be, where in the Constitution is the Supreme Court given the authority to amend the Constitution?
SCOTUS opinions are not valid when they add to or take away from the Constitution. That can only be done by a Constitutional Amendment.
Scalia, Thomas and Alito all do. The trick is getting a president who will appoint people like them.
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That’s ONE of the major reasons we need Cruz as President!
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