Posted on 04/02/2012 5:04:54 PM PDT by Steelfish
April 1 Assailing the Supreme Court The Legal Left Echoes Newt Gingrich On Judicial Power.
After last week's Supreme Court argument on ObamaCare, the political left seems to be suffering a nervous breakdown. Only a week ago, the liberal consensus was that the federal mandate to buy insurance couldn't possibly be overturned. Now as panic sets in, the left has taken to mau-mauing the Justices by saying that if they overturn the mandate they'll be acting like political partisans.
The High Court's very "legitimacy" will be in question, one editorial put it—a view repeated across the liberal commentariat.
This criticism is itself political lobbying, as is clear from the fact that it mostly spares Anthony Kennedy, the likeliest swing vote. Liberals still hope Justice Kennedy will uphold all of the law, even as they audition the mauling he'll get if he joins Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas in the ninth level of judicial hell. Chief Justice John Roberts is also being lectured that the case will "define" his career, though in six years he has already established a record as a careful consensus builder on the Court.
Overturn any part of the law, the Justices are being told, and your reputations will be trashed. The invitations from Harvard and other precincts of the liberal establishment will dry up.
This is the left's echo of Newt Gingrich's threat earlier in the primary season to haul judges before Congress when it dislikes their rulings. Remember the political outrage over that one?
No doubt the Justices will ignore this transparent attempt at political intimidation, but someone should defend them against the claim that overturning the law would be "judicial activism." It's more accurate to say that failing to overturn the mandate would be dodging their duty to uphold core constitutional principles.
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So he thinks the courts, congress and constitution are impediments. That is enough reason to impeach before we end up like Venezuela!
Just tonight, my huisbans was saying that it looks like we have another Hugo Chavez on our hands.
Can’t disagree with that.
That was supposed to be husband. I don’t know what happened. LOL
Rebellious fingers syndrome?
Am I wrong for day dreaming the Commandant of the Marine Corps ordering the Marines at 8th and I to arrest the Commander in Chief for High Treason?
That was supposed to be husband. I don’t know what happened. LOL
Rebellious fingers syndrome?
On Drudge Report now:
DID HE GET A LEAK?
OBAMA TAKES SHOT AT COURT
Included is a photo of Obama and Elena Kagan...
> Assailing the Supreme Court-The Legal Left Echoes Newt
> Gingrich On Judicial Power
NO THEY DON’T!
They are THREATENING the court.
If the court shoots down 0bamacare, it won’t be because they are inventing law out of whole cloth like the court that decided in favor of abortion.
This guy has crossed the line. He now directly threatens the SC with a respect to a very specific issue and matter that is before the SC. It is one thing to speak in general terms of judicial activism and quite another to threaten identifiable SC judges following legal arguments. Welcome to fashioning a Kenyan Supreme Court
So where is the Associated Press and their minions with wall to wall criticism of POTUS for interfering with the SCOTUS prior to a decision. Hell would have no fury like the Associated Press if a GOP President, Senator, Member of Congress, or city council member had spoke out BEFORE a decision was rendered. Another new low for the USA. Keep lowering the bar Bill Ayers and company.
LLS
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