Let's preserve the Constitution and start removing judges

Manchester Union Leader ^ | March 26, 2005 | Ed Mosca

[Brian Allen]

<< .... whenever any form of government becomes destructive of the ends for which government is intended, "it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government." What is less clear is how many of us believe in this principle and are willing to act on it. >>

Count on me.

[2nd_Amendment_Defender]

I agree. Congress could do something about the problem judges we have. They could impeach them, but we have very few with any guts to do so in Congress.

[Marauder]

That is the real cause of the problems - weak thinking ignorant semi immoral sometimes even anti-american electorate.

You got it, bro.

[Marauder]

I do not think people on the public dole should be allowed to vote.

I like it, but it would never get past the SCOTUS even if it managed to get passed and signed.

[SedVictaCatoni]

Please tell me what laws the judges are protecting by removing this woman's feeding tube. The last time I checked hearsay evidence was not admissible against a serial murderer, and therefore could not condemn him to the death penalty. Please tell me why Terri has less rights than him?

These three sentences sound like you obtained your understanding of the law by opening a dictionary and randomly pointing. "Serial murderer"? "Less rights than him"?

[SedVictaCatoni]

Oh, I agree with that. The unelected brotherhood is closing ranks, seeing the crack of daylight coming into their little clubhouse where they rule unchallenged.

Judge Greer was first elected to his seat by Florida voters in 1992. In what way was he "unelected"?

[Borges]

You'd need to amend the Constitution for that.

[SeaBiscuit]

"At some point we will be forced to take action against our Black Robed Emperors."

Yes we will, and the Schiavo case may have been the perfect point.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Why?

[Hardastarboard]

At this point I am all for abolishing/de-funding the present judiciary entirely. We should replace it with a new judicial system mandated to apply a strict constructionist interpretation of the constitution, and our legislative law. The present system is creating such a mockery of the law, that it has led to the sort of unintended consequence that mandates a state to kill an innocent woman. It is time to pull the plug on the entire hopeless mess.

Nearly everyone on this forum would agree with you. The problem is that as soon as we did that, the judges would declare it null and void, and we'd be right back where we were.

[Borges]

Wouldn't that be a 14th Amendment issue? And a lenient interpreation would stretch it to violate the 24th as well. Laywers?

[JoanneSD]

Clinton sent Janet Reno out to do his dirty work Waco and Eilan Gonzales

[spodefly]

It is clear that the only solution to a runaway judiciary is the principle declared in the Declaration of Independence that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of the ends for which government is intended, “it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government.” What is less clear is how many of us believe in this principle and are willing to act on it.

It seems pretty clear to me. We are screwed. This politically correct, celebrity worshiping, shallow, consumerist, values neutral, morally equivocating cult of multiculturalism population will never muster the will to loose the chains of judicial tyranny because they don't see any chains.

And anyone that tries to "alter or to abolish" or "to institute new Government" will be branded as terrorists and pursued under the Patriot Act, while the "News" organizations and enlightened "progressive" liberals brand them derisively as "constimuhtooshunalist militia wackos".

Enjoy the freedom you have right now, because it is the most freedom you will ever have. Besides, we will get a new government soon enough, courtesy of the bureaucrats at the UN.

[Regulator]

Judge Greer was first elected to his seat by Florida voters in 1992. In what way was he "unelected"?

He wasn't. Like most low level judges, such as JP's, they are either a) elected initially (typically only JP's), or b) Retained by affirmative vote after an initial appointment.

As for the people I was referring to, virtually every Appellate Court judge and all the Federal Judges (Circuit Courts, Appellate courts, Supreme Court) are appointed for life and can only be impeached, a punishment which did not happen for 40 years or so until Alcee Hastings in the early 1980s (now a Congressman from Florida, of course).

But impeachment by the legislatures used to be quite common, and should make a rousing comeback, starting with Greer, before he has to stand for retention again.

[Bogolyubski]

You might fell differently under President Hillary Clinton and a Democrat controlled Congress. The problem isn't so much the procedure as it is the cowards and RINOs among the Republicans.

[Bogolyubski]

The law is whatever the Mullahs say it is - don't you know that yet? We have an "evolving" constitution, you see, with its many "penumbras" and "emanations", only some of which have been discovered - not to mention the latest in advanced legal scholarship form places like Zimbabwe. Better assume the position, and repeat after me: There is no god but the law, and its prophet is Greer.

[winner3000]

huh?

[expatguy]

Removing judges would require courage and resolve.

We can't even save a starving woman how do you think we can remove a judge