Ted Cruz is Right.. and Wrong

http://www.teapartynation.com ^ | 7/5/2015 | Judson Phillips

[SoConPubbie]

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[exnavy]

It would be better to have all laws and ammendment expire on the census. That’s state local and federal.

[chris37]

I don’t disagree with this.

Something needs to be done about judicial activism and blatant abuse of power, and retention elections is not the thing to be done.

It’s going to have to be something with far more consequence than that.

[C. Edmund Wright]

Get over yourself Judson.....Cruz’s statement was clarifying......a thought experiment more than a literal proposal.

[gspurlock]

Supreme Court Justices are not given their positions for “life”, but for the “duration of good behavior”. Violating the Constitution is not “good behavior”, and the Congress has the authority to impeach them.

They are not untouchable, Congress has just used them as well as all of the president’s agencies and bureaus to delegate all of the tough decisions so they can cite their good voting records.

Wake up!

[Ohioan]

I disagree both with the writer and with Ted Cruz on this particular point. But Ted Cruz has also suggested that the decision on faux marriages can be effectively nullified by exercise of Congressional power to define the jurisdiction of the Federal District Courts and the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. I have long advocated that procedure as a remedy for virtually all of the activist decisions, impacting the control of basic local social and political institutions, over the past sixty or so years.

This is the way to nullify the abortion decision, the anti-school prayer decisions, the over jealous limitations on local law enforcement, school assignments, legislative apportionment, etc., etc..

[cripplecreek]

I’m fine with retention elections with one tweak.

Rather than a vote by all the people, give that power to the state legislatures. The US supreme court might not be so willing to step on the state powers if the state held supreme court justices fate in their hands.

[PoloSec]

To listen to some of these people you would think Cruz had said he would sign an executive order to submit SC Judges to elections.

He is only making a point (something needs to be done) such a thing would have to be done in accordance with the constitution, he is suggesting one solution (he never said it is the best solution) that would need support of the people through Congress, there will be arguments on whether or not it is a good idea, we will no longer have a dictator in office when Cruz is POTUS!

The overall objective Cruz has (that seems to get lost in the hoopla) is to restore our Constitutional Free Republic.

[chris37]

That might be something that could work.

I just don’t see the use in giving the ability to retain judges to the public.

One simply has to look at the senate, and congress too for that matter, to see that’s a non-starter.

[ComputerGuy]

A thought experiment?
That's a laugh. Both this and his idea to import more software developers are signs of a lack of thought.

[South40]

[cripplecreek]

Ideally the senate would be back under the control of the state legislatures.

[C. Edmund Wright]

A thought experiment? That's a laugh. Both this and his idea to import more software developers are signs of a lack of thought.

What's a laugh is that you fantasize that you have the intellect to demean Cruz. Now THATS funny!!!

[conservativejoy]

I like the idea of allowing state legislatures to vote. The general public does not take the necessary time to get informed and are too easily manipulated.

[ComputerGuy]

I could hang with Cruz, no problem. He’s only a lawyer.

[C. Edmund Wright]

You were an engineer....probably a good one...and like almost all good engineers....you are hopelessly and helplessly type B left brained small picture thinkers.

I think you’ll get laughed off this forum thinking you can “hang with Cruz no problem” because he’s “only a lawyer.”

[SoConPubbie]

That's a laugh. Both this and his idea to import more software developers are signs of a lack of thought.

Please provide adequate proof that Corporate America is abusing the H1-B process and taking American Jobs and replacing them with foreigners.

Oh, and BTW, the misbehavior of Disney and SCE to the tune of around 1000 jobs is not adequate proof.

While this is bad behavior on the part of both Disney and SCE, 1000/350000 = .3%. .3 % is not a problem but statistical noise.

This is not proof of a problem, but two bad corporate players that need to be fined and the money given to those whose jobs were replaced. And it should be enough money that those 1000 STEM workers can retire.

Please provide documented evidence that there is any substantial proof to support the contention that Corporate America is abusing the H1-B process.

[ComputerGuy]

type B left brained

No. I'm left-handed. That means I can think with both sides of my brain.

[C. Edmund Wright]

Oh, engineering is absolutely a left brained type B profession.....detail oriented, but often blind to the big picture.