Newt Gingrich Would Send U.S. Marshals To Arrest ‘Activist’ Judges

[bluevoter4life]

Continuing his crusade against the courts, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich railed against judges “imposing secularism” on the country on this morning’s Face The Nation. Arguing that “activist judges” who make disagreeable decisions should be held accountable before Congress, he told Bob Schieffer that he would send a U.S. Marshal or Capitol Police officer to arrest judges if that’s what it took to reign them in, and then encourage impeachment:

SCHIEFFER: One of the things you say is that if you don’t like what a court has done, that Congress should subpoena the judge and bring him before Congress and hold a Congressional hearing… how would you enforce that? Would you send the Capitol Police down to arrest him?

GINGRICH: Sure. If you had to. Or you’d instruct the Justice Department to send a U.S. Marshal.


http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/12/18/391576/gingrich-marshal-judges/


So the bottom line is: Agree with me or serve hard time. All hail Emperor Lizard.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. oh sweet jesus. STFU. Newt.

and fade away.

[BarbaRosa]

2. Citizens United

Activist Judges? . .

[wordpix]

83. and Bush v Gore & how about activists Scalia and Thomas?

Actively fighting for the RWnuts, actively helping those opposing the new health care law bring their case to SCOTUS...yeah, Newt, let's see you arrest those activists.

[amandabeech]

3. I can't tell whether he's just saying this junk to get attention, and very well understands that

this just wouldn't fly, or whether this is the side of him that his former colleagues saw which has caused many of them to come out and say that he's not suited to be president.

Some of those colleagues have come close to suggesting that Newt's unbalanced.

To this former attorney, a scheme of judge humiliation seems to come from an unbalanced mind.

And it would obviously require an enormous increase in the number of U.S. Marshalls and would take up an inordinate amount of time.

The Constitutional problems would come on top of that.

[bluevoter4life]

5. Would also need to increase federal spending to fund the Marshalls and prisons

Funny how they gloss that over when it suits their own twisted agenda.

[RKP5637]

9. I seriously don't think Newt plays with a full deck. I find him very unstable. n/t

[Autumn]

11. Much like Bush

[RKP5637]

12. Yeah, there's a lot of commonality there. n/t

[christx30]

26. I think he knows

exactly what he's saying. I just don't think he wants to be president. Like McCain shuffling around the debate stage in '08, wanting to bring about this image of an old man, not someone that should be leader of the free (HA!) world. People would have to vote for him in spite of his behavior and views, rather than because of it. "I like him because he's a republican. I just wish he hadn't come out in favor of slavery."
I think they just don't want to run against such a strong opponent and get destroyed in the general election.

[RKP5637]

30. Yep, well might be ... someone on one thread (I don't have link) also said he might be

using it not only for his ego, but also as free advertising to get his name out again, speaker fees, book advertising, etc., etc.

[colorado_ufo]

44. That works for Ann Coulter.

[Sherman A1]

49. Agreed

Newt always was on a book tour.

[christx30]

100. Pulling a Donald Trump

on the republicans. Nice. I like it.
But I've always thought that anyone (R/D/I) that seeks election to public office has either a huge craving for power, or an ego the size of a small moon. Looks like this is an ego thing, and going to be a huge waste of repubican resources. They are all going to rally around Newt, donate to his campaign and he's going to keep spouting crazy stuff ("You know... Trees are overrated. Hold on... hold on.. I'm making a point here...&quot and make himself totally unelectable. But it'll be great advertising for his consulting business. Why anyone would want to have the point of view of a failed presidental candidate, I don't know. But this is going to guarentee a republican win. There is not anyone on their side that I "fear" (for lack of a better term), but Gingrich makes me laugh.

[amandabeech]

107. Frankly, I think that he's just been trying to sell books,

and the thing just got out of hand.

I really can't see him as the candidate, though, and I'm not sure that he could either.

If by some chance he landed in the oval office, I don't know whether I'd call 911 and have him taken to St. Elizabeth's for evaluation or duck and cover.

[christx30]

112. I, personally,

think it's wonderful that the republicans have this much respect and faith in the democratic process.
Another way of looking at it (and, please forgive me if this is just the way my mind works).. If they were seriously opposed to the way this country is being run, and they had actual problems with the way that Obama is handling things, they would put a serious candidate up. This mythical candidate would be more warrior, and less joke, as we are getting now. This person would say, "Limbaugh? He's okay. I don't really like liberal radio, though."
But as it stands right now, their guy of choice is talking about employing kids as janitors. Very hard to take him seriously as a threat.

[amandabeech]

125. Either that or vowing to eliminate every single regulation ever authorized.

Newtie and Paul make Romney look positively Democratic.

Just kidding.

[Magoo48]

116. Agreed

Dude's really got his Bozo on now. No way he ever really wanted the nomination. All he ever wanted was to pump up his various cons.

[Botany]

59. "I think part of the advantage I have is that I’m not a lawyer." Newt Gingrich

That was his reason because after all he "understands" the law in a different way
than people who study and/or work with it.

BTW he is a piss poor historian too.

Through Articles I, II, and III of the Constitution the Founders established three separate, co-equal branches of government, the Legislative, the Executive, and the Judiciary.

Read more: http://community.adn.com/adn/node/152944#ixzz1gzXcqO6h

[dixiegrrrrl]

84. Yes, but, Cheney did not think much of those 3 branches of government, as I recall.

[amandabeech]

126. He didn't like any branch of government that would not lend itself to a Rasputin like the unitary

executive did.

At least a unitary executive like Bush II.

I would like to have seen Cheney do the Rasputin with someone like Ike or Teddy R. Both Republicans, both with brains, both knowing how to deal with subordinates.

[The Wielding Truth]

87. Well. Just think back on when he had some power. He did do terrible things.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

113. He is on a fishing expedition on this one...

... hoping to pander to the mindset that activist judges are the ones that created: lesbians, gays in the military, right for the disabled to remain alive, banning religious displays from public/government property (separation of church and state), etc...

But on face value, it appears that Newt is asking for a totalitarian government, where the head honcho/Stalinist/Nazi can have anyone in government that disagrees with him --- beheaded, drawn and their quarters sent to the four corners of the country.

[aletier_v]

4. Newt is either trying to lose

or has zero self-awareness of his appearance to others.

[grantcart]

6. Bingo

He knows that if he can become the greatest conservative iconclast in the country he can generate $ 20 million and work a couple hours a day.

or in other words;

Gingrich is drinking Limbaugh's milkshake.



And watching people fall for this charade is quite amusing.

[Frank Cannon]

35. Absolutely. Newt's taking a dive.

Like Sarah P., he's mercenary enough to know that this kind of crazy talk is worth big bucks on the talk radio and publishing circuits. He's punching his ticket for the rest of his life.

[grantcart]

38. And the interesting thing is that when he takes a dive he may take Romney out with him

So far everytime somebody has left the race, Pawlenty, Palin, Cain, Romney has picked up zero supporters.

In fact after Cain left Romney actually lost support in NH.

So far Gingrich has lost 8 points in NH and Romney has continued to lose support.

This more than anything else will prove to Republican professional campaign experts that Romney doesn't have what it takes to grow his base.

[jeaps]

57. I could not agree more.

Newt doesn't want to be president, he wants to be a talk show host on wing-nut welfare. On "Morning Joe" they are discussing his "zen" appearence. It is true that Newt knows how to play to fools.

[rocktivity]

15. It's entirely possible that he's trying to lose

He might even be under orders to.

Newt knows perfectly well that the Rethug leadership won't step aside and let him run everything -- Newt would never play the role of figurehead/puppet the way Bush II did or Romney would have to.

So either he's trying to lose, is out of his mind, or, as you suggest, is auditioning to be the new Glenn Beck.


rocktivity

[oldhippydude]

43. i dont know if its even that transparent..

this whole GOP series is mostly about books and name recognition.. i think the wall street part of the party picked mitt a long time ago,the rest is ticks and mirrors elections are a great source of cash.. witness the dude that offered Gingritch cash for his campaign, that would have made a serious candidate jump..

all these folks will end up as lobbyyists, or some think tank darlings..the GOP griftopia pays well indeed

the irony is that becuase of the feild, they may sosplit upthe vote, that the GOP goes to a brokered convention.. my dream a brokered convention and OWS in the streets of Tampa..

[xxqqqzme]

70. A brokered convention

has been my prediction all along. It sets the stage for the grand appearance of - the jebster - he savior of the rethugs.

[Autumn]

7. He would just have a blast with the NDAA

All those sick fucks would.

[RKP5637]

8. Lizard, yep, some days David Icke makes more and more sense. n/t

[saras]

64. If you read David Icke as metaphor, as literature and allegory instead of literal truth - RIGHT ON

They really are that anti-human that ordinary 'psycho' and 'evil' don't really seem to fit any more.

[RKP5637]

86. Yep, I always read it as a metaphor, words really do pale to describe them anymore. n/t

[BlueToTheBone]

10. I guess the Robert's court better watch themselves! n/t

[kiranon]

16. Perhaps now they see the danger in siding with the Republicans - even they are not safe.

What fools Roberts, Scalia, Alito and Thomas have been. Do they want to be hauled in front of Congress or have their colleagues dragged from the Court? Roberts, Scalia, Alito and Thomas have ruined the status and prestige of the Supreme Count such that clowns like Gingrich can threaten to rein in the Supreme Court justices as if they were criminals. The Court needs to remind politicians that they are the third branch of government and not subject to Congress's approval by way of arrest, interrogation and removal. Court needs to get rid of the "Citizens United" decision and go on from there to save the Republic and themselves.

[jmowreader]

46. The four Justices you named are NOT the ones Newt wants to arrest

Trust me on this: This fucker is going for liberal judges, not conservative ones. A liberal judge makes a ruling Newtie doesn't like? Off with his head! OTOH, Citizens United is definitely a ruling Newtie likes; in fact, if Citizens United would have overturned all elections law, Newtie would like it even better.

And this will happen at every level.

But don't you worry: Gingrich is going to arrest liberal judges who make rulings he doesn't like; Bachmann will counter within the week that she'd create a "Judge Dredd"-like corps of people to arrest and summarily execute liberal judges. And the week after that, Perry will remove all the liberal judges from the bench at every level the day he gets inaugurated, so there won't be any more decisions conservatives don't like. Oh, and all three will overturn both Roe v. Wade and Griswold v. Connecticut.

[quakerboy]

48. But I think that even they would not like the precident

The 5 conservative SCOTUS members are corrupt, no doubt about it. But they LIKE their power, no doubt about that. And the precedent of being able to arrest judges who disagree with a president or congress would not make them happy. Even with the way our system is balanced against the possibility of a liberal getting into a position of power, I dont think that's something they would chance.

Its talk. I would certainly hope that its talk that would disqualify one Newt from presidency in a general election, even if it makes him more popular with the absolute wacky nutjobs that make up republican primary voters. I really hope that, though I fear it might not be enough by itself.

[kiranon]

79. Going after a liberal Supreme Court Justice would destroy the power and prestige of the Court.

[jmowreader]

106. And that, dear kiranon, is what the Republicans have always sought to do

[Douglas Carpenter]

13. he would be the most interesting political leader in the Western world since the 1930's

[MrSlayer]

115. "Interesting" is a good word.

I often find the worst scenarios to be the most interesting. Not so sure I want to live through this one though.

[nobodyspecial]

14. Wow, I would hate to live in Newt's world.

Sounds like he wants to be a fascist dictator with his boot perpetually on the poor and minorities.

[abq e streeter]

17. Outstanding idea.Start with Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, Alito...

all the way down to all the Regent "University" grads Dubya placed in the judiciary nationwide. Finally a great idea from Newt. I KNEW he had one in him .

[chelsea0011]

18. Sounds like a fascist state is in his plans.

What's troubling is how much support he is getting.

[aletier_v]

32. more like a tall glass from 1854

[obamanut2012]

68. Or 1939

[Cherchez la Femme]

20. Is it fascism yet?

Heck, when he makes poor children become school janitors, we'll then most definitely be in Banana Republic territory.

[Zorro]

21. Leroy's an attention whore who will say anything politically outrageous for the publicity

It's catnip to the Republican base, who are eager to see him insulting Obama face-to-face.

[Purveyor]

22. Keep talking newtie, keep talking...indeed! eom

[melonkali]

23. Thank you, Jesus!

Now could we replay the bit about artificial Palestinians....?

Come on, Dems, let's troll the GOP and support Newt!

[housewolf]

24. 'Course in Newtie's world, "activist judges" only lean in one direction - LEFT!

He wouldn't dream of touching and of the rightie activist judges


It's that ol' Newtie hypocrisy rearing it's heat yet again

[Rosa Luxemburg]

25. If Newt ever gets in there will be civil war

[SoapBox]

27. How Fascist of him....

wow.

[Renew Deal]

28. Chairman Gingrich is running for president of the wrong country

[aletier_v]

33. Newt is running for president of the wrong alternate universe

[AlbertCat]

61. Chairman Gingrich is running for president of the wrong country

There's a job opening in North Korea!

[Renew Deal]

67. lol

[yurbud]

29. Gingrich has just told us how to deal with Roberts, Thomas, Scalia, Scalito

[unkachuck]

31. "...how to deal with Roberts, Thomas, Scalia, Scalito"

....exactly, I think newter is on to something....I like the idea!

[yurbud]

105. the scary thing is, I mean it as hyperbole. Newt doesn't.

[melonkali]

80. LOL! Good thinking! n/t

[Lil Missy]

34. Good. He can start with the Supreme Court.

[Skip Intro]

36. Even other repub candidates backed away from this insanity (well, Romney and Paul at least).

Dangerous.

I hope Newt comes in fourth or lower in Iowa.

[yellowcanine]

37. Dictators arrest judges, Newt. What part of "independent judiciary do you not understand?" If you

don't agree with a judge's decision, you appeal it. You don't arrest the judge.

[applegrove]

39. He's such a Nazi!!!

[sofa king]

50. Clearly, he's pandering to the "More Evil Than Hitler" demographic.

[zogofzorkon]

40. Wouldn't it be simpler to follow the traditional method and

just buy them, or if not for sale remove them from the market.

[47of74]

41. Newt thinks this would be him if he was President

[Kurovski]

111. Tiffanys!

The crazier he talks, the higher he can afford to build his post-campaign crown.

[Joe Bacon]

118. Wow, one tier for each marriage!

[Initech]

42. He gets fucking crazier by the day. He's done. Done.

[Confusious]

47. If wishes were ponies I'd have a herd

Haven't you seen the republican party lately?

They like crazy. The more the better.

To avoid Godwin's law, if they could vote for you-know-who, they would.

P.S. Godwin's law might not apply, since his actions would be clearly fascist.

[smirkymonkey]

63. I hear there's an opening in North Korea...

I'm sure he'd enjoy the power trip.

[W T F]

45. He could start with Alito, Kennedy, Roberts, Scalia and Thomas for Citizens United.

[SemperEadem]

53. well, then there's that

that's the silver lining to that storm cloud.

[SemperEadem]

51. there is no absolute monarchy in this country

this is precisely why our country is a democracy and why we have no monarchy.

thank goodness there is secularism--because that means you can't shove your catholicism down everyone's throats. The Judicial branch of the government is legitimate and equal.

[truthisfreedom]

52. Jesus! Is he handing the playbook to the Dems?

I mean seriously! Is he telling us how to win back the country?

[justiceischeap]

54. I wonder if the Repubs are running certain candidates as a litmus test

to see just how crazy right they can go and get away with. Newt says he'll arrest "activist judges" (meaning left-leaning judges), they poll to see what people think of that statement. If it polls well, they know they can start attacking "activist" judges in a more open manner than they currently are (if you haven't and can, check out the documentary Hot Coffee to see how the Repub party is already attacking judges).

Michele Bachmann is given a script of super crazy things to say, she says them and then they poll their party and independents to see where the line is...

I really think that is what's going on. They're mapping their future talking points and marking their roadmap for the future.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

114. That has occured to me, too...

... kind of like, "if you repeat a lie often enough, some folks will start to believe it".

[ScottLand]

55. This is why the NDAA is so important. Do we want it be administered at Newt's discretion?

[onenote]

122. Its actually why the NDAA is irrelevant

Do you really think that without the passage of the NDAA a President Gingrich would behave any differently?

[dmosh42]

56. Seig Heil!

[Odin2005]

58. Newt has lost his marbles.

[NewJeffCT]

60. Well, Newt, most of the federal courts are controlled by Republican appointees

I think only the 9th has more judges that have been appointed by Democratic presidents. I know that was the case as Bush was leaving office. And, with Obama's nominees being blocked in unprecedented numbers, I don't think that's changed in the last 3 years.

[hifiguy]

62. So the lizard's slow motion implosion

continues apace. What a colossal asshole.

[Denninmi]

65. If Obama had made the same statement, the Rethugs would be calling for his head.

Decrying his dictatorial Communist Socialist Extra-Constitutional Extraordinary Power Grab.

What an ass Gingrich is.

[obamanut2012]

66. Is this not borderline treasonous???

This should DQ him from being a candidate.

[jimlup]

69. This is scary stuff

As such an action would be a major breech of the constitution. I do fear this man. "Lizard" is a very apt description for this reptilian.

[marias23]

71. This ALONE disqualifies Gingrich as President

Imagine if he got elected: This would put a chill in US Judiciary.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

72. Wouldn't it be funny if he did get their nomination?

Their party is so divided, and their lineup isn't inspiring any passion that can breach the divide. Originally I wouldn't have ever entertained the remote possibility of Newt getting the nod. However that was before I realized just how little control the GOP party leaders actually still hold. Their Frankenstein Monster (Tea Party) is still running amok across the country spreading havoc and alienating a large portion of their voting block. This is the best political climate Newt, and all the rest of the truly insane GOP fringe politicians, will ever have to make a run for president.

I still expect Romney to come out ahead, but I'm fascinated by the depths the GOP candidates have sunk to this time around.

[arbusto_baboso]

73. And what would Newtie do when those Marshalls flat out refused to do it?

Because a huge number of them would.

[geardaddy]

74. So, when are Scalia, Roberts, Alito, and Thomas going to be arrested?

[tcaudilllg]

81. I wish they were.

People with no sense of the majority's decency and good sense fear that the powers of the government will be used against them. In reality, Ocuppy-style movements always tip the balance back in the other direction in a free society. The sacrifice and determination of the occupiers lifts their voice above establishment media and provides an inspiration for others to follow. I would very much like to see Scalia, Alito, and Thomas removed from the judiciary. Very much so. Scheiffer's "sometimes you just have to accept the law" response is an invitation to losing all we hold dear before a rogue court. Today people are skeptical of Republican presidents, but come 2016 Barack will be leaving and Bush will be all but forgotten. There will be renewed struggle and renewed opportunity for an extreme Republican president to tip the balance. And with Kennedy aging, that time may come sooner than you think.

[Charlemagne]

88. Wow that statement is an incitement to violence

See, see! both sides make statements like this. The left needs to tone down the rhetoric.

On one hand, you have a candidate for president who is leading in many polls stating that he would arrest judges he disagreed with.

On the other hand, you have an anonymous person on a message board who wrote a question.

Same thing. The vitriol from the left is equivalent to, or greater than, anything the right does.

[geardaddy]

90. Hardly an incitement to violence.

It points out the hypocrisy of Newtie's idea. Activist judges are in the eyes of the beholder.

[Charlemagne]

91. meant as sarcasm

cheers!

[geardaddy]

94. OK, lol

You sounded so serious!

[onenote]

124. you are correct

which is why the calls made by some DUers in the past for impeaching Scalia et al for their vote in the CU case have been rightly met with derision by other DUers who recognize that subjecting justices to review because of disagreements about the substance of a decision is a very very dangerous road to start down.

[Deep13]

75. Would President Gingrich submit to a Congressional subpeona?

The kind Bush and Cheney illegally ignored?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

76. about time. I've been impatiently waiting for this move. All is again good with the world.

For the last month, Newt was unnaturally, almost weirdly so, under control, calm, cool, collected, and low key while under fire. It was so unnatural and bizarre (given his normal behavior patterns) that I seriously wondered if there were a prescription-based reason that might explain his new and improved behavior.

my worries were completely misplaced. At last, the Bad New has returned, and with a vengeance. He is now sliding that slippery slope where he applies the same age old habits he employed to threaten the entire judiciary, to comments about his opponents, especially now that his numbers are weakening.

Just watch. There will be a Newtonian eruption so huge that alien beings in distant planetary systems will be convinced that our sun just went supernova.

[ashling]

77. Newt: "And when I'm impeached I'll arrest the entire House of Representatives"

except for the tea party, of course.

[evilhime]

78. For a supposed history teacher

the man seems to have no concept of what the Constitution says about division of powers, and the reason for the judiciary. He wants to be dictator for life, and this would be step one. So sad that people actually support this ... er ... (what words am I allowed to use here...??? )

[krucial]

82. Dangerous

Just another example of how dangeorus and Lethal the GOP could be to whats left of our democrcay,civil rights and fredoms, if they were ever to get elected to lead this country,it would make all the Obama haters see that no matter how much they hate Obama,that his reign would be like a picnic compared to what Fascist tyrants like Gingrich would do to America.
Gingrich is a Racist,a White Nationlist, a hater of the middle class and the poor, a hater of Muslims/Arabs, as are most Republicans,and Gingrich is also a hater of Gays,and and an extremely arrogant warmonger.

[Charlemagne]

85. This is a positive thing

For the republicans. My republican friends have told me how much they hate the courts. And how the courts subvert what the founding fathers intended (which I guess is why the FFs made the courts in the first place?!?!).

Anyway, they see the courts as a barrier to achieving total cultural and economic hegemony over the US. They dont like the constitution at all. They want a fascist dictatorship that outlaws homosexuality and anything other than fundamentalist christianity.

Republicans will love this statement.

[Hubert Flottz]

89. SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I told you he was a NEWTZI!

SAME shit Hitler did!

[ChadwickHenryWard]

92. His ignorance of the Constitution and the workings of US government is really astonishing.

How he has gained a reputation as a policy wonk is beyond me. He just doesn't understand how the US government works.

[Swede Atlanta]

104. Actually I think he does know how the Founders intended for things to work....

But he really doesn't care. It is all about Newt, all the time.

As per my other post in this thread, the Constitution is silent as to who decides if an act of Congress or an action by the Executive Branch are legal. The Supreme Court established the principle of judicial review in Marbury v. Madison. But the Court realized one small problem, it had no mechanism to enforce its decisions. It was totally dependent on the other two branches of government, and especially the Executive, to respect and comply with its decisions.

[arely staircase]

121. and he is the intellectual one

i heard it on teevee

[dgibby]

93. I used to think Newt was a Borderline Personality Disorder,

but clearly (IMO) he jumped the border (and the shark) long ago.

[madrchsod]

95. WOW! that reptilian brain of his is totally out of control...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

96. this is gonna be like reagan, 20 years later we'll realize that he had dementia

when he was running for office

[Initech]

98. Nah the big difference is we know Newt's crazy to begin with.

And he's completely unelectable. None of this shit he's recommending would never get past the house. At least I hope. Reagan had charm and charisma - two things Newt definitely lacks.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

99. true

[colsohlibgal]

97. Is He Related to Adolph?

What a Nazi like statement.

How many people came here in the beginning, from Europe, to escape religious persecution?

Our courts and government need to be secular, it's what the founding fathers wanted. If not welcome to the new dark ages, what's next, being arrested for suggesting the earth revolves around the sun rather than vice versa?

Anyone who sticks with Gingrich after this is out of touch with reality.

[nichomachus]

101. Newt is imploding in Iowa

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2011/12/paul-leads-in-iowa.html

Newt Gingrich's campaign is rapidly imploding, and Ron Paul has now taken the lead in Iowa. He's at 23% to 20% for Mitt Romney, 14% for Gingrich, 10% each for Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, and Rick Perry, 4% for Jon Huntsman, and 2% for Gary Johnson.


The good news is that Paul is leading. If Paul gets the nomination, the Democrats won't even have to campaign. Most Republicans will stay home and hide under the bed out of shame.

[Swede Atlanta]

102. This is the path to plutocracy...oh, um I think we are already there.....

Newt alludes to the principle of judicial review that was articulated by the Supreme Court in Marbury v. Madison. It established for the first time that, under the concept of checks and balances in the structure of our federal government, the courts determine the constitutionality or legality of acts of Congress. Without that balance, Congress and the Executive Branch could enact and enforce any legislation regardless of whether or not it conformed with the U.S. Constitution.

But it is true that the Court lacks any means of enforcement. It must be that Congress and the Executive Branch recognize the validity of court decisions.

So Newt, as President and Congress with at least one chamber in the Congress in Republican control could effectively vacate any decision by any federal court by simply ignoring the decision(s) and not enforcing them.

While this might be true in theory, I think there would be such an uproar in this country the likes of which we haven't seen since the Civil War. That would be an outright attack on our historic system of checks and balances.

I don't always agree with decisions of the courts including Citizen's United, Bush v. Gore, etc. but I will respect those decisions because I want an independent judiciary. The concern I have now is the increased politicization on the Court including the behavior of Scalia and Thomas and, to a more limited extent, Chief Justice Roberts.

[and-justice-for-all]

103. Repigs wet dream; Xristofascist Dictatorship. nt

[Zoeisright]

108. Fascist pig.

I mean really. He should always be pictured wearing a brown shirt.

That asshole has NO idea what this country stands for.

[Tx4obama]

109. Bachmann, Perry, Cain, Newt - all done. Who's next? :)

[Kurovski]

110. Sure he would.

Yeah, he'll be doing that any day now.

[paparush]

117. And charge them with WHAT?

What a slimy grifter Newt is.

This is akin to Palin encouraging her flock to "pull over" Obama supporters and ask them how hope and change is working out.

[sulphurdunn]

119. Apparently, El Presidente

Newt will send federal marshals to drag judges before hearings he compels Congress to convene. If he keeps loving his country this much he may exhaust himself with too many of these brilliant ideas and cheat on another wife.

[Islandlife]

120. Is being subpoenaed the same as being arrested?

I think that if you are subpoenaed by congress, then you must appear for questioning or face being arrested.

I don't know if we want to subpoena judges. That would be like baseball coaches calling balls and strikes. You can't protest judgement calls. You can question interpretations of rules.

Newt says he would subpoena judges.

[GreenTea]

123. Then Grichrich-republicans must also believe that Obama should be able to prison right-wing judges

who disagree with him or his policy since he is now president - Is this correct Newtie?