This sort of judicial activism nonsense will stop as soon as the Senate fulfills its Constitutional duty to review and impeach such rogue judges. But a Senate majority of Democrats isn't going to do that...
This sort of judicial activism nonsense will stop as soon as the Senate fulfills its Constitutional duty to review and impeach such rogue judges. But a Senate majority of Democrats isn't going to do that...
But a Senate majority of Democrats isn't going to do that...
It's the House that impeaches, and the Senate that convicts. Considering the recent history of impeachment, it's doubtful that even Pubbies would try.
True, but this only scratches the surface. The point here is that the law, no matter how it is written, says what the judge says.
You could have the most conservative Prez, 435 conservative Congressmen, and 100 conservative Senators, yet if you have judicial Leftist activists writing law from the bench it wouldn't make that much of a difference.
Even if we were to amend the Constitution to where justices no longer sit for life, ex post facto law stated in Article I, Section 8 takes precedence so those Leftist justices will remain on the bench until they either step down or pass away.
Impeaching justices? Yeah, if they commit an impeachable offense (Article I, Sections 2 & 3). They sit to give their judgement, so no matter how looney a ruling is, they've committed no impeachable offense for simply giving a ruling. They, too, must commit a "high crime or misdemeanor" to get the hook.
The way I see it, the lesson to be learned for conservatives is to do all that is possible to ensure that the Senate does not fall into the hands of the Left.