[Sola Veritas]

“Maybe Obama will appoint two more Justices who will interpret the “living document” to mean that they can remove him!”

No thanks....I would rather wait until 2012 and vote him out than to have judges that ammend the constitution from the bench.... :-) I’m like you...time to write serious letters to Senators to NOT allow left of center judges be appointed by POTUS Obama.

You know....on a side note...I have always thought that whenever the SCOTUS produces a “landmark” decision that fundamentally changes how the constitution is viewed (in essence ammending it), that the decision should not be allowed to stand until ratified by 3/4 of the states like any ammendment must be. That would be a nice check and balance on “living document” advocates sitting on the bench. Of course that would really limit the power of the SCOTUS which can be a two edged sword.

[jamese777]

No thanks....I would rather wait until 2012 and vote him out than to have judges that ammend the constitution from the bench.... :-) I’m like you...time to write serious letters to Senators to NOT allow left of center judges be appointed by POTUS Obama.

You know....on a side note...I have always thought that whenever the SCOTUS produces a “landmark” decision that fundamentally changes how the constitution is viewed (in essence ammending it), that the decision should not be allowed to stand until ratified by 3/4 of the states like any ammendment must be. That would be a nice check and balance on “living document” advocates sitting on the bench. Of course that would really limit the power of the SCOTUS which can be a two edged sword.

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I think you’ve hit on the judicial system’s real answer to all the Obama eligibility lawsuits: the electorate can vote him out in 2012.
The Supreme Court’s first landmark decision was Marbury v Madison in which Chief Justice John Marshall “invented” the concept of judicial review which is nowhere in the Constitution.
Your suggestion destroys the concept of separation of powers by giving state legislatures veto power over decisions of the Court; and who gets to decide what is “landmark” or not?
There is no way 3/4ths of the states would agree to overturn Roe v Wade for example, but 5 conservative Justices just might.