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Newt Gingrich Says He'd Defy Supreme Court Rulings He Opposed [Obama Campaign Ad Material!]
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| December 17, 2011
| David G. Savage
Posted on 12/17/2011 3:51:50 PM PST by Steelfish
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Has the predicted self implosion begun?
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posted on
12/17/2011 3:51:53 PM PST
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
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posted on
12/17/2011 3:54:11 PM PST
by
LibLieSlayer
("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
To: Steelfish
0bama: “PAWLEEZE....PAWLEEZE let Romney get the nomination...PAWLEEZE”!!
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posted on
12/17/2011 3:54:43 PM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: Steelfish
I tend to agree with him. Flame away.
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posted on
12/17/2011 3:55:07 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
To: Steelfish
I guess you are OK with the Supremes assuming they are the final authority on the division of powers in our government.
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posted on
12/17/2011 3:56:27 PM PST
by
dirtboy
To: Steelfish
"That was clearly an overreach by the court," Gingrich said Saturday. The president as commander in chief has the power to control prisoners during wartime, making the court's decision "null and void," he said. Go Newt!! I like it.
To: Steelfish
Doesn’t Newt realize that the Justices on the Supreme Court are GODS, and their rulings SUPREME and ALMIGHTY, like Steelfish believes?!?!?!
It’s about DAMN time someone stood up and said this! Bravo, Newt!!!!
This makes me like him even more!!!!!!
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posted on
12/17/2011 3:56:41 PM PST
by
TitansAFC
(I will never, EVER, under any circumstance, EVER support Ron Paul over ANYBODY.)
To: Steelfish
"As an example, he cited the court's 5-4 decision in 2008 that prisoners held by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had a right to challenge their detention before a judge"
He's completely right, the SCOTUS had no jurisdiction there. The courts have gotten completely out of hand, they actually believe they are empowered to make law. They are not and they need to be constrained.
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posted on
12/17/2011 3:56:55 PM PST
by
JoSixChip
(Top 10% of wage earners pay 70% of total income taxes collected. Bottom 50% pay less then 3%, fair?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It is interesting to watch the Newt bashers getting after him for standing up to the usurpation of powers from the other two branches of government.
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posted on
12/17/2011 3:58:08 PM PST
by
dirtboy
To: Steelfish
As the facts shake down and out, the results will be interesting. Initial reports/article are almost always: wrong or only partially correct, misleading, politically motivated, spin, incompetent.
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posted on
12/17/2011 3:58:31 PM PST
by
BilLies
(Bumper Sticker: RON PAUL WOULD BE WORSE THAN OBAMA.)
To: JoSixChip
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posted on
12/17/2011 3:58:36 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: dirtboy
Of course not. But why give Obama ammunition? Remember, nuance will be lost in the general election. Obama will turn the campaign away from him and onto Newt. Independents will flee in droves. Is this what you want?
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posted on
12/17/2011 3:58:55 PM PST
by
Steelfish
(ui)
To: Steelfish
You call someone standing up to the secular socialist SCOTUS judges implosion? What are you doing on FR?
To: Steelfish
Checks and balances. Coequal branches of government.
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posted on
12/17/2011 3:59:25 PM PST
by
TBBT
To: Steelfish
The left used Roe v Wade to make abortion law. There is nothing in our constitution or federal law to support it. I say GO Newt!
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posted on
12/17/2011 4:00:06 PM PST
by
tioga
( Holder lost the guns, Corzine lost the money, Obama lost the jobs....a dem trifecta.)
To: dirtboy
If he keeps this up, I might do some fundraising for him.
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posted on
12/17/2011 4:00:11 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
To: Steelfish; xzins; wmfights
He’s absolutely correct. There are three EQUAL branches of government. The Judiciary is only one. If the president defies the Supreme Court then the only body that can challenge the president is Congress. They can impeach him.
The president is under no obligation to enforce any ruling by the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court has no authority to enforce their own decisions.
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posted on
12/17/2011 4:00:51 PM PST
by
P-Marlowe
(LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
To: Steelfish
I recall from one of my history classes that Andrew Jackson did something similar.
If I remember right it was something like “John Marshall has made his decision, let him enforce it”.
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posted on
12/17/2011 4:00:55 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: Steelfish
Has the predicted self implosion begun? Hell no!!!!! He is absolutely right. And he did not give the impression that he would dissolve any Court by the stroke of the pen, but would as per the Constitution request impeachment through the Senate and House. This crap against Newt is getting stupid since we have known for years that the courts have not upheld the Legislature or the Constitution but have passed unconstitutional judgments.
To: Steelfish
Of course not. But why give Obama ammunition? Remember, nuance will be lost in the general election. Obama will turn the campaign away from him and onto Newt. Independents will flee in droves. Is this what you want?So you are OK with Newt selling out conservative principles instead of saying what needs to be said. Are you really sure this is the point you want to make on FR?
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posted on
12/17/2011 4:01:08 PM PST
by
dirtboy
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