Breyer: Court Should Aid Minority Rights

NewsMax ^ | 12/3/06 | NewsMax

[wagglebee]

Justice Stephen G. Breyer says the Supreme Court must promote the political rights of minorities and look beyond the Constitution's text when necessary to ensure that "no one gets too powerful."

The only group in America that is "too powerful" is the unelected judiciary that is granting itself powers that clearly violate the Constitution.

[Emmett McCarthy]

Amen.

[El Gato]

Justice Stephen G. Breyer says the Supreme Court must promote the political rights of minorities and look beyond the Constitution's text

Time for an impeachment. His oath clearly stated that he would "support and defend the Constitution", not "look beyond the text".

As did mine and that of many other FReepers.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Well, he's certainly shameless in openly admitting that the Constitution doesn't matter to the Surpeme Court anymore.

[freekitty]

A very stupid belief that is really intended to enslave everyone except the elitists.

[johnpaul]

Right you are! His words are in direct contradiction to the stated role of Justices of the Supreme Court. Impeach the usurping tyrant!!!

[RegulatorCountry]

"Congress shall pass no law abridging the freedom of speech"

Only a leftist subversive could find this statement vague.

[Sam Ketcham]

Yup. Protect the minority - Native Born English Speaking Males. I would have said Caucasian, but Black males are getting their cuts now too - thanks to DIVERSITY... translated as no need for education, skills. ability, merit etc etc as long as the person is in a PC protected category.

[Thebaddog]

I saw the interview. Wallace had him cornered in an inconsistency about when to go outside the law to suit his needs. It had something to do with Abu Ghraib and Wallace didn't close the deal. It was also the point that Breyer was perfectly happy to confer civil rights to non citizens, I think.

IMHO, Breyer is an arrogant fool. What's a sophist? That might be him as well.

[AndyTheBear]

By "too powerful", he must mean able to contend with the power of the court. They are after all like gods, except when they rule against liberals, in which case they are evil demons.

Every liberal knows this; they don't even have to think about it--which the studiously don't.

[Vision]

Justice Stephen G. Breyer says the Supreme Court must promote the political rights of minorities and look beyond the Constitution's text when necessary to ensure that "no one gets too powerful."

What a sick, twisted man.

[digger48]

You don't want one person's speech, that $20 million giver, to drown out everybody else's. So if we want to give a chance to the people who have only $1 and not $20 million, maybe we have to do something to make that playing field a little more level in terms of money," he said.

George Soros will probably spring for the Hallmark Chistmas Card for Breyer THIS year.

[ConservativeMind]

This public admission of what we have seen in case resolution says it all.

The Court is loaded with people who don't give a damn about law and the Constitution, but with what they instead deem "fair".

[big'ol_freeper]

Unfreaking believable.

[big'ol_freeper]

Hooah.

[Plains Drifter]

Amen to all posts before mine!!!

[Kakaze]

"Congress shall pass no law abridging the freedom of speech"

Only a leftist subversive could find this statement vague

I expected nothing less from a man appointed by a president who questioned what the meaning of "is", is

[hnj_00]

since when are judges of scotus supposed to be kings???

they are to uphold support and defend the constitution ....they are not to make laws...seems that is the domain of the legislature....

I guess I never learned my lessons and misunderstood badly in grammar school civics!!

[dudewheresmytank]

isn't it their job to do exactly what the constitution says? oh well, what would the world be without liberals trying to squander the rights of the American people. Oh that's right it would be better.

[Lancey Howard]

Judges must look at the real-world context — not focus solely on framers' intent, as Scalia has argued — because society is constantly evolving, he said.

"The Constitution is merely a guideline - - judges must rule based on the chic political correctness of the day, regardless of what that crusty old document may say.... Besides, the amendment process is too cumbersome and old-fashioned."

Isn't this scumbag Breyer getting on in years? Any rumors of disease, or anything else encouraging?