To: Sandy
Does anyone here know that supreme court justices are not really appointed for life?
They are appointed for "a term of good behavior" we need to get rid of rotten judges. NOW. They are obviously not behaving.
906 posted on
08/22/2003 7:27:23 AM PDT by
Roughneck
(Starve the Beast!)
To: Roughneck
Article III.
Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.
http://www.constitutionalfacts.com
911 posted on
08/22/2003 7:36:59 AM PDT by
Roughneck
(Starve the Beast!)
To: Roughneck
"They are appointed for "a term of good behavior" we need to get rid of rotten judges. NOW. They are obviously not behaving." Roughneck, we may not even have to go that far. Don't underestimate the influence of an outraged public on the Supreme Court.
In 1996 the USSC set aside an initiative passed by Colorado voters that forbad special rights for homosexuals. After a clamor for impeachment of the six judges responsible, those same six Justices suddenly became ardent defenders of the people's elections and in a subsequent decision unexpectedly and unanimously chastised a lower court that had overturned a statewide election in Arizona.
It's not just one or two or several issues - - people are fed up for the abuses of the past 40 years.
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