Supreme Court Justice Says He's Worried About Political Criticism

AP ^ | 8/9/05 | Gina Holland

[skinkinthegrass]

ixon has been accused of abusing his power as chief executive..

...Better case, would have been abuses of BJ/sHrILLARY Klintoon.

[NickatNite2003]

Breyere is traitorous tyrant pervert scum, just like
Ginsburg and Kennedy...They are evil souled
betrayers of the people and the Constitution
of the US of A. They are out to destruct the
fabric and spirit of our society and
civilisation with perverse and outrageously
assinine "decisions".

[ArmyTeach]

"The politics of judges is getting to be red hot." Well, fancy that. I guess people are watching. If the judges are uncomfortable being political targets, just maybe they shouldn't play politics with their opinions, redefining the Constitution to achieve favored political ends. Play with fire, expect to get burned. It's about the Constitution, which pretty clearly says what it means and means what it says. If the people don't like it, they amend it.

[ghostcat]

an independent judiciary does not equal a judiciary above criticism or accountability

[PhilipFreneau]

>> Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Tuesday that rulings on difficult subjects like gay rights and the death penalty have left courts vulnerable to political attacks that are threatening judicial independence.

When Breyer and other leftists on the Court make political rulings they should expect political attacks. Further, the judiciary is not independent, but rather is controlled by ideologues like Breyer.

[skinkinthegrass]

It is kind of pathetic that a British Freeper seems to know more about the American constitution than a Justice of the Supreme Court, however.

Aptly Put. :)

[jbwbubba]

We need a law or Constitional Admendment that would allow the congress to overrule the Supreme Court under certain circumstances.

[Plutarch]

You could replace courts and judges in this piece with the term Gestapo, and it still makes sense. These judges think they were appointed to be Philospher Kings.

[Congressman Billybob]

As a former member of the Bar of the Supreme Court (32 years), I can say in plain language that Justice Breyer is a lying sack of sh*t. He says, "the Court cannot control the politics of its cases." The outside politics can be ignored.

But the problem is the POLITICS INSIDE THE COURT. Most of the growing disrespect of the Court in general, and of Justices as stupid and dangerous as Breyer, is in direct consequence of Court decisions that invaded the political province of decisions that belong to legislatures or to the people themselves.

In short, this is well-earned, well-deserved disrespect for a Court infested with the likes of Breyer. He, and they, have it coming. But he, being clueless, whines to the ABA about the treatment he is receiving. [This is also a reason why I resigned from the ABA, decades ago. They are as corrupt as the current Court.)

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "The Washington Post Doesn't Have a Clue about Government Under a Written Constitution"

[Texas_Jarhead]

"Breyer urged lawyers to help educate people about court responsibility to be an independent decision-maker."

How about educating judges on interpreting and not making law.

[skinkinthegrass]

I wish you had won...last year.

[Dionysius]

I'ii stick to the ice cream (of the same name). At least when it goes through a melt down it's still pallatable. The use of foreign legal precedence is not only legally indefensible, it goes against the oath he took.

[Soul Seeker]

If you don't like the heat, stay within your Constitutional boundaries and stay the hell out of assuming the role of a Legislature.

[sure_fine]

oh boo hoo hoo.... maybe once we get their attention a little better, THEY will pay attention

[TalBlack]

Stevie, sweetheart, you and your black robed brethren grabbed power. Sad, really that you've reached your age and don't yet understand that whenever ANYONE grabs power he becomes a target. That you don't want to pay for what you have taken, well, that's the hypocrisy of the whinging sissy.

Now, STFU Stevie.

[rlmorel]

No reflection on you, either, Ivan. I have read enough of your posts to get the impression you probably understand Japanese parlimentary procedure as well as the US Constitution!

What a fabulous document it is, too. It is too bad 95% or more of Americans can barely tell you what it is, or why it was put together that way. I think a few of our Supremes fall into that category (COUGH-GINSBERG-COUGH-BRYER-HACK-SOUTER)

I guess that is life.

[joesnuffy]

Crybaby...

Treat the U.S. Constitution like toilet paper....
then get upset when critsized for it...

Sheesh...

And all in the name of "Judicial Independence"?....

Freedom is NOT liscense your honor

[GingisK]

Tell him to read the Constitution instead of the newspapers. That would "keep him on target" and relieve him of bad press. Presto, no more worries.

[MadIvan]

What a fabulous document it is, too.

Let me tell you what I love about the American constitution. It is an essentially conservative document - it calls for the limitation of government, the rights of the individual, the preservation of liberty. It is not nuanced. It is clear. Those justices you cough about debauch that clarity of thought with their "interpretations".

Regards, Ivan

[Lancey Howard]

Breyer is a scumbag who legislates from the bench like a political hack.

If the scumbag just did his own job and let the state and federal legislatures do theirs, and at the same time stayed away from initiatives that were passed overwhelmingly by voters, then the scumbag wouldn't have to worry about "political criticism".