[SoConPubbie]

"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[SoConPubbie]

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[Buckeye McFrog]

It could just allow the Twittermobs to unseat Thomas and Scalia.

[snarkpup]

One thing the Framers of the Constitution were deathly afraid of was one faction controlling all branches of government simultaneously. For this reason, they set things up so that the officials in these branches were selected by very different means and for very different terms of office.

Cruz' plan does the opposite. It will make the Supreme Court sync up more closely with the other branches of government that are themselves more closely synched with the whims of the masses.

[entropy12]

The best plan ever, to reduce judicial tyranny in future, is to defeat Hillary in 2016. If Obama lost in 2008, we would not have Kagan & Sotomayor ruling on same sex marriages. A split republican party is the pathway to more judicial tyranny for next 50 years at a minimum.

[mountainbunny]

The Founders could have required retention, but did not.

If you think the court is political now, just imagine what it would be like if judges had to pander for votes.

It would be a disaster.

Again, the wisdom of the Founders is timeless. I support Ted Cruz, but this is silly and not at all worthy of him.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Because the U.S. Constitution provides a means to hold one, doing so could help return the country to its roots of limited federal powers.

Or send it over the edge.

[afsnco]

The Supreme Court is hopelessly politicized. The essentially unaccountable judiciary is the biggest mistake our Founders made. The “living” constitution scumbags, the dimmos, will always protect a judge/justice that spits all over the constitution. Impeachment and removal of judges/justices should therefore be much easier than it is. On good behavior indeed.

[yoe]

As stated earlier; Since the SCOTUS cannot (?) hear its self, and the gay marriage ruling is not Constitutional nor can be found in any form in that document other than supercilious reasoning ....those states whose voters voted against such a union should be able to ignore or be exempt from that false law i.e. the supreme court CANNOT legislate....that is the job of Congress. This SCOTUS has acted lawlessly...that should be enough to ignore their ruling.

Sen. Cruz is 100% correct in demanding this Congress step up to the plate and fix this mess.

We can help by contacting out congressmen/women NOW....our religious freedom hangs in the balance imho...states rights also are left hanging in the breeze by this lawless court.

[discostu]

Thus proving Ted’s a rabble rouser without a plan. For one thing you’d never get this through, for another on the off chance you did it would get overturned, and finally retention elections don’t actually work on the state level.

[hosepipe]

Sheep are surrounded by wolves... and many of the sheep are bleating "EAT ME LAST"... jockeying to get in the middle of the "FLOCK"... like sheep "DO"....

The sheep have One chance and ONE chance Only.. for salvation from sure carnage...

.....STAMPEDE....... i.e. Civil War II

[RideForever]

Affirmation by the public is ineffective. It also creates re-election PACs which allows money to flow from Wall Street into judges’ retirement funds who make ‘correct’ rulings, much like Congress enjoyed in the recent TPA show.

Removing their judicial immmunity is a different story. If a Constitutional Convention specifically limits the powers of the judiciary, there would be reason to allow examination of judges’ finances and credible rulings.

Another thought would be to subject judges rulings to a jury, or Grand Jury under specific circumstances. An example would be to subject SCOTUS rulings to such a body if the ruling affected more 50% of the population.

[TigersEye]

After the Obamacare ruling was handed down, Cruz took to the chamber floor and blasted the “rogue justices” of the Supreme Court for upholding the policies of a “lawless” administration, adding that they too, had become “lawless.”

In a banana republic pirate law is the only real law.

[caww]

Cruz warned....

.. if Congress is unwilling to correct this lawlessness, “the movement 'from the people' for an Article V Convention of the States — to propose the amendments directly — will grow stronger and stronger.”

[indthkr]

Ted Cruz Has A Plan to Fight Judicial Tyranny

Maybe we would be better off with Ted Cruz as the next Supreme Court nominee....

[upchuck]

How bout instead electing judges, and all the political skullduggery that implies, we term limit judges. Say four years.