Sunday, December 18, 2011

Toad Wants To Arrest Judges

Gingrich: Capitol Police Could Arrest ‘Radical’ Judges | Crooks and Liars

Update:

Newt Gingrich’s assault on ‘activist judges’ draws criticism, even from right - The Washington Post

...Judicial experts, including conservatives, are questioning the constitutionality of Gingrich’s stance. The Constitution specifically grants federal judges life terms with good behavior, many of Gingrich’s critics note, and provides only for impeachment as the way to remove bad judges. To do so by other means, they say, is an encroachment on judicial independence and an affront to the separation of powers doctrine that underlies the entire document...

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