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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
I certainly agree that talk of impeachment is foolish when we do not have 51% of Congress who want even to regulate the court, much less 67% of the Senate to convict these judicial miscreants.

But IF 51% of some future Congress wanted to make binding regulations on the Supreme Court, they are explicitly empowered to do so in Article III, section 2, and although the Supreme Court could issue contrary "rulings" I'm sure they woud have no force or effect.

131 posted on 03/04/2005 4:50:22 AM PST by Jim Noble
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To: Jim Noble
But IF 51% of some future Congress wanted to make binding regulations on the Supreme Court, they are explicitly empowered to do so in Article III, section 2, and although the Supreme Court could issue contrary "rulings" I'm sure they woud have no force or effect.

Of course they would have effect as long as everyone says, "You can't defy court orders." Of course the President and Congress can. They could right now. The President could act alone as long as he has 34 votes in the Senate against impeachment. But conservatives in office are too gutless to use the power they have in a similar high-handed way as the libs because of the media.
133 posted on 03/05/2005 9:11:40 PM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth...)
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