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Bobby Jindal: ‘Let’s just get rid of the court’
MSNBC ^ | 6/27/2015 | Adam Howard

Posted on 06/27/2015 1:38:11 PM PDT by Bluewater2015

In the wake of Friday’s historic Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality, Republicans did not hold back their rage – but few politicians went as far as 2016 candidate Gov. Bobby Jindal.

The Louisiana Republican, who launched a longshot bid for the presidency last week, suggested that the 5-4 ruling, which made same-sex marriage legal throughout the nation, was cause for disbanding the entire Supreme Court.

“The Supreme Court is completely out of control, making laws on their own, and has become a public opinion poll instead of a judicial body,” Jindal said in a statement on Friday. “If we want to save some money, let’s just get rid of the court."

“Marriage between a man and a woman was established by God, and no earthly court can alter that,” he added.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bobbyjindal; election2016; jindal; louisiana; marriage; overreach; scotus; searchworks; sodomites
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To: CodeToad
When will the congress do its job?

When the voters start firing 90 percent of them; in other words, never!

61 posted on 06/27/2015 3:02:22 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: KGeorge

Alito seems OK; I think he has strayed on occasion but can’t recall the cases.


62 posted on 06/27/2015 3:03:18 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: DoodleDawg

Lindsey Graham was a big vocal backer of those two new commies. And see how SC rewarded him.


63 posted on 06/27/2015 3:04:20 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: KGeorge
You have that "Constitutional Government" predjudice thing, don't you ?

I have a bad case of "Where's My Republic" so I sympathize.

64 posted on 06/27/2015 3:12:02 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: DoughtyOne
He’s unfit to remain in his position. That needs to be based on the legality of what he did.

That would require a United States Senate with stones. I agree with your premise but I don't sense Mitch McConnell having the fortitude to try it.

65 posted on 06/27/2015 3:15:34 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("No social transformation without representation." - Justice Antonin Scalia)
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To: Theodore R.
It would require a constitutional amendment, and the American people won’t stand for those.

Not really, the duties outlined in the constitution are not very specific Congress can clip their wing if it so desires without an amendment they also control their spending. they can be reigned in in some ways if congress acts.

66 posted on 06/27/2015 3:21:35 PM PDT by WHBates
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To: Theodore R.

Oh gosh. I actually forgot him. (! -can’t believe I did that) Definitely a keeper.


67 posted on 06/27/2015 3:23:52 PM PDT by KGeorge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground)
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To: DoughtyOne

We wouldn’t have liked it if Obama came in and dismissed the court. We simply can’t do that


I wouldn’t have minded. Remember nowhere in the Constitution is the S. Ct. given the power to overturn legislation, state or federal. It basically stole that power in Marbury v. Madison.


68 posted on 06/27/2015 3:26:15 PM PDT by Bluewater2015 (There are no coincidences)
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To: Rashputin

:-) Whadya mean? Where’s My Republic? is going around. I’ve got a roaring case of it. Hasn’t killed me yet, but I’m sure sick of it.


69 posted on 06/27/2015 3:26:16 PM PDT by KGeorge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground)
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To: fatnotlazy

I would rather let the people decide, flawed as they are, than have corrupt crony partisan senators pick them. Remember the present setup gave us Roberts, the two commies nominated by Obama and that dweeb, Kennedy.
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Exactly. The common folk have an intuition that legislators lack.


70 posted on 06/27/2015 3:28:25 PM PDT by Bluewater2015 (There are no coincidences)
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To: bigbob

In the words of Momma Grizzly, you betcha.


71 posted on 06/27/2015 3:29:25 PM PDT by Bluewater2015 (There are no coincidences)
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To: aquila48

Webster did not change the definition of marriage after 1868 and homosexual acts were a felony in every state of the union then. Today I am ashamed of this nation. So many without even a mustard seed of faith.


72 posted on 06/27/2015 3:29:49 PM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: Lumper20

Yup. From now on the term “American citizen” is just something to tick off on a form.


73 posted on 06/27/2015 3:33:13 PM PDT by Bluewater2015 (There are no coincidences)
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To: bigbob

Well, you know, we all want to change the world.

When does it start and where?


74 posted on 06/27/2015 3:34:31 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: Bluewater2015

DE-FUND the feral givernment by 80% and everything will take care of itself..
When theres little money.. where it does (and doesn’t) go becomes very important..

SURE there will still be GRAFT.... BUT the graftees will start killing each other off.. jailing each other.. and robbing each other..

Price of popcorn should go thru the roof..


75 posted on 06/27/2015 3:35:45 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Bluewater2015

It’s not the court. Its the media. Topple the wire services and the big three networks, and replace them with actual journalists who can reason and gather actual facts and perform actual analysis, and liberty will have a chance.

Can we not take down the AP? Can we not take down the Huffington Post? Can we not ridicule and mock and ultimately remove the local editors at 10,000 local radio, television, and newspaper outlets (with AP and other wire feeds) across the 50 states?

Take down the AP and we will make a HUGE difference. If we don’t, we can topple the next ten Obamas and middle America will simply replace them with ten more Obamas.

It’s the media, stupid.


76 posted on 06/27/2015 3:44:47 PM PDT by mbarker12474
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To: Logical me

Everyone else has term limits. Why not the sucreme court? I don’t mind if they are elected various times but they need to be aware that the people can get rid of them somehow someway sometime.

or Create a HIGER COURT. There ought to be a way to create a higher court....you know without calling it a court....like they do with “agreements” not being called TREATIES.


77 posted on 06/27/2015 3:57:59 PM PDT by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: bigbob

Counterrevolution. What the Court has done is revolution from above.


78 posted on 06/27/2015 4:06:30 PM PDT by RobbyS (quotes)
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To: DoughtyOne

FDR did not get Congress to go along with a reform of the Court but he got the Court to back off. The Chief Justice negotiated an informal deal with the Congress and so the reforms went nowhere. But by the end of his second term, FDR’s appointments had changed the Court’s views.


79 posted on 06/27/2015 4:11:53 PM PDT by RobbyS (quotes)
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To: TomasUSMC

The jurisdiction of the court would be limited.


80 posted on 06/27/2015 4:15:19 PM PDT by RobbyS (quotes)
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