Judiciary Threatened — Again
Judiciary Threatened — Again
Not enough attention has been paid to Rep. Steve King’s (R-IA) comments on NPR this past weekend. In very plain language, Rep. King threatened to abolish the federal courts or prohibit the Justice Department from enforcing their orders. It’s simply astonishing:
Rep. KING: Congress created all of the courts; all the federal courts, Congress grants them jurisdiction. So whatever Congress gives, they can take away. If we wanted to abolish the 9th Circuit, for example, we could do that. Now I’m not going to say I think that’s the prudent thing to do. We could also cut the budget. We could prohibit the Justice Department from enforcing the orders of the court. …
ELLIOTT: Cut the budgets for the court?
Rep. KING: We can do that. If they’re not going to listen to us any other way–if we pass a law, a specific law, and they reject that law, then the authority that they will begin to understand is when their budget starts to dry up, we’ll get their attention. That’s not my preferred method. My preferred method is to have them respect the Constitution and the law. But they are counterproductive to this country and if we’re going to preserve our Constitution, we must get them in line.
Note that the basis for King’s comments — his claim that the federal courts ignored the section of the Schiavo bill forcing a brand new trial — are contradicted by no less than Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. During discussion of the bill on the floor of the House, Frist said, “Nothing in the current bill or its legislative history mandates a stay… This bill does not change current law under which a stay is discretionary.“
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This is scary, I’m serious. They’re really beginning to cross the line.
April 1st, 2005 at 4:24 pmHell! They crossed the line a long time ago.
April 1st, 2005 at 4:28 pmgod damned motherfuckers don’t know when enough is enough.
I hope our Dem leaders are ready for this shit………..
April 1st, 2005 at 6:02 pmThe wing-nut fanatics are mainlining their own freaked out ideology. The aroma of total control is wafting up their nostrils like smoke from a crack pipe. They are at the ends of their ropes. The “activist judiciary” has crossed them for the last time and must be brought to heel. Enough is enough. The whirlwind shall descendeth upon them from the legislative branch and it shall smite…them…DOWN. Judge not activist judiciary lest thou shall be destroyed. Thus spaketh the lords of America. All bow down.
April 1st, 2005 at 11:54 pmYou all are right – this is outrageous. Rather than rant and rave, however, this should be a big incentive to work hard to oust the Republican Congressmen up for re-election in 2006. I live in Penna, and I assure you that I will be campaigning hard for Bob Casey Jr. He has a good chance of beating Bush’s rubber stamp Rick Santorum. Let’s get to work!
April 2nd, 2005 at 7:02 amTime for the “republic” to become a “democracy.” This is what the founders feared. They were right.
April 2nd, 2005 at 10:14 amTHIS IS THE START OF FASCISM. THE COURTS ARE THE LAST BODY THAT BUSH HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO BULLY OR SCARE. EVIL PREVAILS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING.
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