Posted on 04/17/2005 8:57:14 PM PDT by jdhljc169
Pass the Constitution Restoration Act (CRA)
THE BILL TO RESTORE OUR CONSTITUTION!
This important bill will restrict the jurisdiction of the U.S. Supreme Court and all lower federal courts to that permitted by the U.S. Constitution, including on the subject of the acknowledgement of God (as in the Roy Moore 10 Commandments issue); and it also restricts federal courts from recognizing the laws of foreign countries and international law as the supreme law of our land. The new Senate bill is S. 520, introduced by Senators Shelby, Brownback, and Burr, and the House version is H.R. 1070, introduced by Rep. Aderholt and 24 cosponsors. Help pass this bill by asking your Senators and Congressman to become co-sponsors of the bill and to urge fast action to get committee votes. Please act today.
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Write your senators & congressperson (PC) today!
bumpforlater
Sounds like a good way to yank the leash on the Supreme Judicial Perverts.
What happens when the courts rule the CRA "unconstitutional"?
The whole dang government is unconstitutional. I can prove it.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Since the Judiciary uses Judicial Review to say what is and what isn't constitutional, how long will the CRA last?
Passing a bill to limit the Judiciary to the very Constitution that the Judiciary has unconstitutionally altered over the years is a fool's game that's only use is to pacify the people.
If the Congress ever wants to gets serious about reining in the Judiciary it should amend the Constitution to limit judges terms, and use "nullification" on those Supreme Court rulings it finds unconstitutional.
There can be no separation of powers when one branch of government assumes the mantle of overlord, and the other branches of government genuflect before it.
You are right. However, Congress can impeach Supreme Court Justices.
I Don't believe you are wrong IMO, the SCOTUS should however be restricted by the Constitution. If they do not accept those restrictions then impeachment is justified and a legitimate course of action. A review of "good behavior"!
Wow. A "Now Mind Me" law.
Unfortunately this law is a ill-conceived as those about gun control. Outlaws do not obey the law so new laws will not deter them. The government and the courts are already violating the constitution so they are not likely to alter their behavior after passage of yet another new law.
a waste of time for the congress...
they already have the power to reign in the judiciary through impeachment... those that act against the principles of our constitution need to go...
the peoples reps need to show their displeasure.
teeman
It will just be declared unconstitutional by the Oligarchy court.
Do you think we could get one together that would extend this to Congress as well?
***Do you think we could get one together that would extend this to Congress as well?
Good one..
Both my Senators are screaming RINO's with only the slightest passing knowledge of the Constitution so asking for their support is futile. My congresscritter has a 96% party line voting record for the democrats so asking him anything is also a waste.
Does this thing have a snowball chance?
I will gladly sign on to A Constitution Restoration Act if the Congressmen and Senators will add restrictions on all their unconstitutional spending and all their unconstitutional actions. Until then it's pure political BS.
By limiing what can be appealed to lower courts, it also limits the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, since those things over which the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction are spelled out explicitly in the Constitution.
“I might be wrong, but I don't think that Congress can actually limit the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The lower federal courts, yes for sure. But the Supreme Court's jurisdiction is given by Article III. I could be wrong - correct me if I am because I'm interested in the topic.”
No, here is the law:
“In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.” – Article III section 2.
Congress can preclude the Courts, all of them, from reviewing specific laws.
So a government-expressed opinion that Allah is the source of our liberty could conceivably arise in some Arab-populous region of America, and this law could be used to justify it. This law is well-intentioned but flawed. I'll depart from the groupthink here and say that what we have is already sufficient. The Creator-given element of our rights is difficult to explain to skeptics, but it makes sense. If you have random chance as a creator, it sill provided you with free will. It's different getting a Hindu to accept Jehovah as one's creator. This continues to be an argument against unlimited immigration, but it doesn't give cause for legislation that makes disputes over God's personal role in our government off limits.
The courts will rule it is un-Constituional and ignore it and then what?
Congress will:
A) Impeach the offending jurists.
B) Make really big speeches on C-SPAN and the evening news.
C) Do nothing.
D) B & C
If you chose B, C, or D you're right.
They're going to pass a law saying the courts have to obey the law?!?!?!
bump
Constitution ping!
Methinks many posters have a short memory or have not lived long enough to recall the runaway legislative and executive branches that the liberals have fielded.
The real key, sad to say, is for the electorate to act smarter and be more active.
That being said, your tagline needs work. "Working people should forfeit the right to vote," said the heir. "Yes, yes! And idiots should forfeit the right to post," chimed in the moron.
No. Read the Constitution and you'll find that the Founders gave Congress the power to regulate the court system except for the Supreme Court itself.
This is an intentional check on the power of the courts, because the Founders knew the dangers of an unchecked and unsupervised court.
Because the Congress has failed to properly oversee the court we now find ourselves with a rogue court peopled with judges who think themselves above the law.
It's up to Congress to reassert its constitutional authority over the courts if it has any hope of stopping this nation from becoming a country ruled by judges.
Believe it or not there is a constitutional limit to judicial authority, but our Congress has forgotten it.
If the Congress ever wants to gets serious about reining in the Judiciary it should amend the Constitution to limit judges terms, and use "nullification" on those Supreme Court rulings it finds unconstitutional.
There can be no separation of powers when one branch of government assumes the mantle of overlord....
In other words, Congress should assume the mantle of overlord?
With a Veto proof majority it always has been the overlord of the executive. Why not over the judiciary ?!?!?
This bill should be completely unnecessary - but sometimes you have to spell things out is simple terms.
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