Sunday, July 15, 2012

Pruning the Judicial Branch: State Laws Target ‘Activist Judges’

On the TV show Face the Nation in December, host Bob Schieffer asked Newt Gingrich how he would resolve his beef with so-called activist judges, including one in Texas who blocked prayer at a public school.

The former House speaker responded that he would instruct U.S. marshals to arrest judges who make controversial rulings and bring them before Congress to explain their decisions. “You’re raising the core question,” Gingrich said: “Are judges above the rest of the Constitution or are judges one of the three co-equal branches?”

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