Posted on 12/18/2011 12:34:01 PM PST by EveningStar
GOP presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich said Congress has the power to dispatch the Capitol Police or U.S. Marshals to apprehend a federal judge who renders a decision lawmakers broadly oppose...
Gingrich made his remarks during a Sunday appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” where he defended his position that the president has the power to eliminate federal courts to disempower judges who hand down decisions out of step with the rest of the nation...
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He is the authority on all matters Constitutional. :P
Interesting .... I still do not see it happening today?
There have been a lot of laws written since 1832.
If it was legal, then I can promise you that you would see a lot more of that. Plus I do not think Sam Houston ever was a Judge.
Nevertheless, thanks for that info.
LOL!
I don’t think so. Sam Houston was never part of the Judicial Branch.
Not in a state where they just impeached six judges.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/12/17/Impeachment_for_Iowa_Judges/
I know they have the power to impeach a Judge, but we are talking about sending Capital Police to arrest a Judge.
My thoughts are the most they can do is take the Judge off the payroll and replace the Judge.
***undisciplined tongue***
So you prefer canned propaganda and not candor, give & take, flying by the seat of Constitutional scholarship?
You believe that judges have unlimited power under the Constitution - to make law instead of interpreting the laws established by Congress and signed by the President?
How is that working out?
Newt is addressing the conundrum of activist judges by listing remedies - which the elite don’t want you to know.
Okay Perry Mason go argue that at the Supreme Court.
So they can arrest a private citizen, but not a Federal judge established under their own jurisdiction?
Sorry I got your panties in a wad
And you know this how?
They can do insider trading and we the people cannot.
Oxford Guide to the US Government: subpoena power of CongressCongress can subpoena witnesses, or force them to testify under oath, before its committees. This authority comes from the Constitution's grant to Congress of “all legislative powers” (Article 1, Section 1). Witnesses are subpoenaed to provide information that will assist committees in preparing legislation. In the case of Mc-Grain v. Daugherty (1927), the Supreme Court recognized that Congress could subpoena even private citizens to testify. The Court noted that since not everyone would volunteer needed information, “some means of compulsion are essential to obtain what is needed.” Witnesses who refuse to respond to a congressional subpoena, or refuse to give information (unless they invoke their 5th Amendment protection against self-incrimination) may be found in contempt of Congress and sent to prison.
The most famous use of the congressional subpoena occurred in 1973, when the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (popularly known as the Watergate Committee) subpoenaed the tape recordings that President Richard M. Nixon had secretly made of White House conversations. This was the first time that Congress had ever subpoenaed a President. Nixon tried to withhold the tapes, claiming executive privilege (the right of the President not to release internal documents of the administration to the Congress). The courts ruled that the President could not use executive privilege as blanket protection, but the White House then released only a heavily edited version of the tapes. In June 1974, in United States v. Nixon, the Supreme Court ruled that executive privilege was a limited power and that the President must turn over all of the requested tapes to a special prosecutor investigating the Watergate incident. The opening of these tapes led Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against the President, causing Nixon to resign.
First by voting to impeach, then voting to remove the Judge from the office. Finally replacing the Judge with another Judge appointed by the Executive branch.
85% of the republicans have no spine, or else don't know the constitution.....the second is probably the answer..This country didn't start out with all the courts we now have....congress needs members with brass ones. but they seem to be on the democrat side...they back down never when they have all 3 branches....
Can you imagine the media would fry them and they cannot stand being criticized by the media....must make nice at all cost....(spit)
Duh!!
I never said the Legislative Branch could not subpoena? Please show me the post where I said they COULD NOT subpoena?
I said they can Subpoena the Judicial branch all they want, but that does not mean the Judicial Branch has to respond to it.
You really think the Judicial Branch is going to allow the Legislative Branch more power than them??? Good luck with that!
I too am a fan of G, but these types are statements are one of his BIG weaknesses, regardless of whether or not you agree with him. You just dont go saying these kind of things and expect to win a national election, it turns many people off, myself included.
I wonder if Idiocracy is playing tonight? Then again I think I’ve just lived it!
You should try reading what I posted.
The Court noted that since not everyone would volunteer needed information, “some means of compulsion are essential to obtain what is needed.” Witnesses who refuse to respond to a congressional subpoena, or refuse to give information (unless they invoke their 5th Amendment protection against self-incrimination) may be found in contempt of Congress and sent to prison.
>> “Who you gonna call?” <<
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Judge Busters! :o)
Do you know what the U.S. Constitution is or do you not know that too? Have you ever heard of the Executive Branch or is that new to you too?
I can play stupid just like you, but it's just a waste of my time.
If this is your best debate tactic, then uh ... Check Mate!
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