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Newt Gingrich's uncosntitutional plan to haul federal judges before Congress to hector them for their rulings isn't just some untethered hypothetical tossed around during the heat of a presidential campaign.
A similar assault on the judiciary is currently underway, for real, in New Hampshire, where the state House of Representatives Wednesday declared defiance of a state Supreme Court ruling and urged the state Senate to simply ignore it.
The House GOP urged its colleagues to "defend the power delegated to them in the Constitution by the people" rather than "let it be wrongfully handed over to unelected officials."
Remember, the "power" in play here, initially, was an extraordinary attempt by the House to dictate to the executive branch, to its chief lawyer, which disputes he should and should not litigate.
If that's a core legislative function, anywhere in America, I'm James Madison.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...op-led-assault-on-the-state-judiciary/246535/
A similar assault on the judiciary is currently underway, for real, in New Hampshire, where the state House of Representatives Wednesday declared defiance of a state Supreme Court ruling and urged the state Senate to simply ignore it.
The House GOP urged its colleagues to "defend the power delegated to them in the Constitution by the people" rather than "let it be wrongfully handed over to unelected officials."
Remember, the "power" in play here, initially, was an extraordinary attempt by the House to dictate to the executive branch, to its chief lawyer, which disputes he should and should not litigate.
If that's a core legislative function, anywhere in America, I'm James Madison.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...op-led-assault-on-the-state-judiciary/246535/