Posted on 06/27/2015 1:38:11 PM PDT by Bluewater2015
In the wake of Friday’s historic Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality, Republicans did not hold back their rage – but few politicians went as far as 2016 candidate Gov. Bobby Jindal.
The Louisiana Republican, who launched a longshot bid for the presidency last week, suggested that the 5-4 ruling, which made same-sex marriage legal throughout the nation, was cause for disbanding the entire Supreme Court.
“The Supreme Court is completely out of control, making laws on their own, and has become a public opinion poll instead of a judicial body,” Jindal said in a statement on Friday. “If we want to save some money, let’s just get rid of the court."
“Marriage between a man and a woman was established by God, and no earthly court can alter that,” he added.
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You say you want a revolution?
We have to be careful of the exact measures used to correct this situation.
Once we use them, we know the Left will when they get the chance.
We wouldn’t have liked it if Obama came in and dismissed the court. We simply can’t do that.
What we could do is build a case against Roberts incompetence, based on his actions to in effect legislate from the bench. He is open to review on that.
The Leftists on the court could be too.
What opens Roberts up, is his actions related to Obamacare where he simply changed legislation by judicial edict.
You can’t legally do that. He’s unfit to remain in his position. That needs to be based on the legality of what he did.
I don’t know if I would get rid of the court but it certainly needs major reform.
I’m glad to hear Jindal and Cruz raising hell over it.
It would take over a lifetime to form such a consensus.
Remember all the talk of secession after the 2012 elections?
It takes a lot of work and solid support for something like this to get off the ground. Not saying it’s impossible, but we would first have to educate the 47% on what we feel has happened to the country, and what we feel eliminating the Surpreme Court could do for (not just to) the stability of the country.
Somebody on the court is talking to the white house or they wouldn’t have been so clearly prepared for the ruling.
Term Limits!!!
One Term in office,
Two Terms in JAIL!!
Now that will work!!
Who should the ultimate arbiter of these big issues be?
The court has become too easily manipulated, and given its concentration of power, it was doomed from the start to be the target of manipulations.
I would not entrust the majority either to pass judgement on these issue, but perhaps a supermajority (2/3 - 3/4)?
But the founders never intended for these issues to come under the federal government. Need to go back to basics - with most of the power in the local governments.
LOL. Sounds good to me. :)
Congress could raise the number of justices on the court to 100 and require 2 from each state.
I’ll follow Bobby!!
Dumb statement. He wants to be president?
That would be much bigger and much more consequential than any other amendment to the Constitution.
There is no solution. Individuals are appointed by the president and approved by congress. Is there any chance they will put individuals on the court who are completely unbiased and unpolitical?
“...judges should be elected by the people...”
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“The People” are idiots.
The answer is a U.S. Constitutional Amendment. Or Article V Convention.
Don’t worry. This situation will not be corrected without separation of the two Americas or the outright subjection of one of them, so there will be no issue of what the other side might pull. America has ceased to exist as a unified nation in anything but the forms of commerce.
Look who they voted for President...Twice!
Currently is is staffed by political bodies that are in control in Washington with very little input by the opposing body. This is a menu for the appointees to be part of the same political body. Makes it worthless to interpret the law.
Easy, get rid of the 17th amendment. Our senators would (probably) make better decisions if they weren’t accountable to the inner city for votes. Senators should not be voting for reelection on confirmation issues.
That is definitely the case.
I am no longer for being ruled by unelected, unaccountable lawyers, and quite frankly, I am no longer for any sort of centralized power structure whatsoever.
I have had enough.
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