“Those fools on the SCOTUS should have some pride and slap down the little judges.”
The remedy in the Constitution for dealing with errant and incompetent federal judges lies with Congress, not the Supreme Court.
The Constitution gives Congress the power to create courts below the Supreme Court and define their judicial scope, powers, and authority. All of the federal courts below the Supreme Court were created by Congress. All it takes is Congress passing a law limiting the scope of the lower federal courts. The Supreme Court has not choice but to support and enforce the will of Congress with respect to the lower courts.
The Constitution also gives Congress the power to impeach and all federal judges and remove them from office.
If Congress does not act, the remedy lies with the people who have an opportunity every two years to replace or reaffirm the membership of the House of Representatives and 1/3 of the members of the Senate.
It appears Congress has no desire to redefine the role of individual judges or impeach and remove any federal judge for any reason. About 95% of Congressmen and Senators who run for reelection, are reelected, so the people must be happy with the Congress’s failure to deal with judges who fail to do their duty.
RE: Congress would have to act, not the SCOTUS.
Thanks for that important reminder. I should have remembered.
So while we wait for Congress to strongly, heroically act, working in bipartisan unity, and the people to breathe a sigh of relief, we can rest easy. /S