Bad precedent. It would encourage the lefties to do the same, and justices are way more likely to toss out their ideas than ours.
The only way to reign in the courts is to take away their infinite seizure powers. So long as a court can render a verdict of billions of dollars in ‘loss and punishment’, there is no limit to their power. A city ignores the court? $500, $5,000, $5,000,000 per day isn’t out of the reach of a scribble of a pen.
Oh, and at the same time you’ll fix most of the insurance industry, as you’ll set limits on judgments and thus make it calculable what the risk is. Right now, rates are more oriented towards paying off previous risks.
Newt is trying to point out that the SC does not have the total power of each citizen nor can legislate from the court. Many cases of misconduct from the bench do go unchallenged as some of the justices interpreting the constitution to outside foreign governments. We now live in such a political correct society, not many would like to see a justice up in front of the House/Senate answering questions. It is almost like these justices have a cloak of power/no checks to their authority. Imo.
Thanks for giving Obama bad ideas Newt. He is already looking to attack the SCOTUS if they over-rule Obama-care.
That was a CBS FTN Newt moment. He is just TOO smart for us.
From Newt’s own website:
“This NEWT 2012 campaign document serves as political notice to the public and to the
legislative and judicial branches that a Gingrich administration will reject the theory of judicial
supremacy and will reject passivity as a response to Supreme Court rulings that ignore executive
and legislative concerns and which seek to institute policy changes that more properly rest with
Congress. A Gingrich administration will use any appropriate executive branch powers, by itself
and acting in coordination with the legislative branch, to check and balance any Supreme Court
decision it believes to be fundamentally unconstitutional and to rein in any federal judge(s)
whose rulings exhibit a disregard for the Constitution. The historical and constitutional basis for
this position is outlined in this paper.”
http://www.newt.org/sites/newt.org/files/Courts.pdf
Sounds like he is saying he will be the ultimate decider of what is Constitutional, not the SC.
EXCLUSIVE: “Former Bush Attorneys General Call Gingrich Position on Courts ‘Dangerous’”
“Two former attorneys general under President George W. Bush have found a few things to like in Newt Gingrich’s position paper on reining in the authority of the federal courts, but other parts, they say, are downright disturbing.”
“Some of the ideas are “dangerous, ridiculous, totally irresponsible, outrageous, off-the-wall and would reduce the entire judicial system to a spectacle,” said former Attorney General Michael Mukasey.”
So much for any support I had of Gingrich. Sheesh.
All of you here !!!!!
Judges are not allowed to legislate from the bench. That is a specific “NO”. When they do so anyway yanking them in front of congress for explanations is a good idea. If they will not rescind their unlawful attempt at legislation congress can then go straight into impeachment mode.
When a judge gives a decision that seems to contravene the constitution I would like a very good explanation and if his reasoning fails to sway me and large numbers of others then I start screaming. Justifiably so.
Under Article I, Congress has the power to impeach and remove any member of the judicial or executive branch. Where does it delegate power to Congress to force judges to appear for questioning? Has this ever been done?
-OR- you could have a Civil War!....
I prefer the Civil War.. spanking judges is simply not good enough.. Some States need to band together and restrict the federal givernment..
How to restrict?.. I say escrow all money from the State(s) pending revue.. Cut up the federal credit card.. and force all federal employees within those State(s) to be identified and licensed.. and WATCHED..
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I agree with Newt all the way.
Too many of you folks did not understand the article and or because you were too willing to smear Newt without really reading/understanding the post.
Further, don’t you remember when crooked Clinton took charge he fired many, many judges and put his own left crooks on the bench?
Idiot Georgie had the opportunity to do the same to reverse the situation, but he must have agreed with his adopted brother Clinton and his (Georgie’s) idiot mental mentor RINO Rove.
Not until a past few months ago, I hadn’t realized that Ms. Babs Bush was such a wacko job. A few days ago Bush 41 was interviewed, but she did most of the yammering for him. She even sounded bitter because they (she) weren’t getting their way because Romney was still not yet #1.
You go, Newt.