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Gingrich Compares Himself To Four Legendary Presidents As He Plans To Bust Courts | 2012 GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich said during a Fox News debate in Iowa tonight that he wants to call judges whose rulings he doesn’t agree with before Congress to testify. He then compared himself to four presidents — Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, and FDR — in saying that he would take on the courts. Watch it:

As ThinkProgress Justice Editor Ian Millhiser has noted, Gingrich’s court busting schemes are unconstitutional.

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