This is from RightWing News May 2010
Gov Christie to NJ Supreme Court Justice: You’re Fired!
Christie is taking an extremely unusual measure for this day and age. He’s firing one of New Jersey’s Supreme Court Justices and appointing one of his own, one that will closer follow a more conservative path.
Interesting reference & discussion re: Andrew Jackson and SCOTUS:
“... President Andrew Jackson. In 1832 the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Worcester v. Georgia that Old Hickory wasn’t too happy with. In reply he is famous for the sentiment that the Court made its decision and proposed that “now let them enforce it.”*
[Quote: “the decision of the supreme court has fell still born, and they find that they cannot coerce Georgia to yield to its mandate.”]
http://rightwingnews.com/2010/05/gov-christie-to-nj-supreme-court-justice-youre-fired/
Great para from the column:
“We need to see legislators exhibit a more adversarial relationship with the courts. You see, it wasn't supposed to be that the courts ruled all they surveyed. Our system has been warped into imagining that the courts are the final word on everything. This was not supposed to be the way it worked. Courts were merely meant to read the law and adjudicate cases accordingly. And if a court ruled something un-constitutional, then it was then back in the legislature's court to write a law that is Constitutional. Unfortunately, we've lost the idea that the legislatures and executives of our political system are supposed to fulfill their own roles as leaders and lawmakers. Unfortunately, they've all too often abdicated roles to the often unelected and unaccountable courts.”