Kagen? Sotomayor?
I’ve been a pretty big fan of Gingrich and his accomplishments as speaker, but these very intemperate remarks about dissolving courts and firing judges really worry me. We don’t need to oust the Obama imperium to replace it with another that could be even worse.
Gingrich made his remarks during a Sunday appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” where he defended his position that the president has the power to eliminate federal courts to disempower judges who hand down decisions out of step with the rest of the nation...
Ping for later
I guess Newt has been reading a different constitution than I have.
Newt is much smarter than I am so he must be right.
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You can watch the video clips here: http://www.therightscoop.com/newt-gingrich-on-face-the-nation/
Can a federal judge (not the SCOTUS) who overrules congress be arrested? What about judges that overrule the voters? It seems that judges rule, not elected officials or the will of the people.
BEST news I’ve heard today! Go Newt!
Sorry for giving you the wrong link in post #5. I’ll ask the moderator to delete it.
I’m with Newt on this. Judges are exceeding their authority and need to be stopped.
Newt said a judge can be impeached, but before they do, they might like to have him appear before Congress to explain himself, so they could supoena him. IF HE DID NOT SHOW UP, Newt said they could send the capitol police or marshall to force him to honor the supoena.
When asked how he would force a judge to respond to a subpoena - from which judges are protected by common-law judicial privilege, barring in matters such as judicial misconduct - Gingrich said he would consider sending the Capitol police to arrest him or her.
I think that is correct actually, they appoint-confirm them they can revoke their confirmation....
We all think it is fine and good until the Dems control congress and use this power.
This is another one of those cases where Newt should have ended his thought process two sentences before he did.
I don’t think the Founding Fathers ever intended for “judges” and “courts” to have the power that they have today. The “judges” should not have the final say in the decisions made by the people of the United States and their elected officials. Where is it written that the “judges” and their “courts” are the Mother of All Trump Cards? A lot of “judges” are out of control and it’s time to rein them in. JMO.
U.S. Constitution: Fourteenth AmendmentSection. 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
As President, he would have nothing to do with the decision of a Congressional committee to question a judge or two.
Newt is making it known that he will support Congressional efforts to curb the courts. For instance, if a Tea Party Congress voted to disestablish the Ninth Circus and start over, he would sign that bill. Congress could define the right to select one’s doctor as a Ninth Amendment right that the courts could not review, and Newt would sign it. Without pushback, the courts will continue to run roughshod over our Constitution.
I try to not appreciate Newt, but as President he would encourage Congress to use their Article III powers. Good on him.
If Newt really said this he is unfathomably stupid.
Why not impeach rogue judges. Can they be impeached?
I personally no longer see any use or need for judges in this country.
I don’t need some other idiot human telling me a damn thing, law degree or no law degree.
We’ve given these people too much power, they have abused it utterly, it is now time to take that power back.