What won’t this man say for a vote? Since when do Presidents get to arrest judges that disagree with them? Where did this guy get his history degree?
Right wing attacks on the judiciary are a campaign staple but this takes it a new level.You would think something in this “historian’s” education would have shown him that there are the co-equal branches of government.
Continuing his crusade on the judicial system, GOP presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich said Sunday morning that he wouldn’t mind arresting any judge who he disagreed with.
When asked by CBS’ Face The Nation host Bob Schieffer him if he would “send capital police down” to make any arrest, Gingrich specified further his comments from Saturday.
“Sure, if you had to,” he said. “Or you’d instruct the Justice Department to send a U.S. Marshal.”
Gingrich called the judicial branch of the U.S. government “the weakest branch of the three.”
Damn! How much of the constitution are you willing to sell out just to pander to the angry, ignorant base?
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25 responses to “Gingrich Jumps the Shark”
Yuck, he’s a perfect fit for the batshit insane wing.
He’s more responsible than any one for the tone and problems in hyperpartisan, ugly congressional gridlock. He just is one of those people that will scream fire in a crowded auditorium if it gets him something.
What grounds is he going to arrest these judges on? Is he on drugs?
He’s on Eye of Newt. 🙂
Sounds about right.
I have no idea. I thought impeaching a judge was a fairly complex process.
Pretty much like impeaching a President. The GOP may make it sop any day now.
The scary part is he is on Newt, full of himself…. EAK!
If he ignored a court order he disagreed with and tried to arrest the judge, he (and any law enforcement individuals helping him) might be held in contempt of court and tossed in the slammer. Hmmmmm…..
djmm
Yup
Even Ann Coulter thinks Gingrich’s remarks on judges are nuts.
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/coulter-calls-gingrichs-remarks-supreme-co
well, she would recognize a right wing nut, she makes a living playing one on TV
She is a Romney supporting right wing nut now. That could explain part of it.
Here’s another crazy Newt Gingrich item:
He proposed the death penalty for possessing pot, but admitted to smoking it.
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/153414/gingrich_proposed_the_death_penalty_for_pot_smokers_–_even_though_he_admitted_to_smoking_it_himself
Oh wait. You had to be carrying at least 2 oz. across state lines, twice. Still nutty.
So is Newtie going to arrest the Supremes? Talk about activists judges. That gang is busy trashing settled laws — plus they’ve declared Corporations as equal to living breathing humans beings. What next? Perhaps declare the fertilized egg a human being.
He’s channeling Andrew Jackson…early presidency. Newtie must think the Trail of Tears was a Good Thing.
CNN is reporting that North Korean TV says Kim Jong Il is dead. Apparently he died on 12/17.
New York Times: North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, 69, Has Died
I just now saw this…man people are dropping like flies.
He’s got his history degree in banjoland, and his doctorate at Tulane, and his speciality was Congo History 1945-1960……then in 1994, he was successful in stopping the shoeshine boys in Washington……….How’s that for a toot……………..the man is out throwing habnd grenades in all directions, watch out, incoming blast.
Glenn Greenwlad on the handling of public figures at death. It’s much broader than Hitchens and another great post.
Christopher Hitchens and the protocol for public figure deaths
CannonFire: Ayn gets Gored
Back to Gingrich …
Gingrich Implodes in Iowa
wow!!!