American Thinker:
It seems clear to me that the broad scope and speed of the administration’s actions have knocked the sense out of the media, the Democrats, and, alas, the judiciary. They cannot seem to process the swift and expansive range of change without making themselves look ridiculous.
The Press
I could describe many examples, but the easiest and most complete is that of the alleged gang-banging, wife-beating, human trafficking Salvadoran citizen who illegally crossed our borders and resided here. You know who I mean — the thug the press describes as a “Maryland Man.”
There are a lot of tangled arguments about Garcia’s legal status, and the Trump Administration’s handling of his deportation. Yet I recall a 1953 Supreme Court case, Shaughnessy v. US ex rel. Mezui (345 U.S. 206), which Walter Berns described in his fabulous first book, Freedom, Virtue, and the First Amendment:
So the nation is transfixed — or at least Democrats and the news media — by the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the “Maryland Man” who has suddenly topped “Minnesota Man” as the object of media obfuscation. He is the Salvadoran national the Trump Administration deported to El Salvador along with a bunch of Venezuelan gang members who curiously the left isn’t even trying to defend, even as the Biden Administration didn’t lift a finger against any of this gang. It’s almost as though the left and the media are using Garcia to distract from the fact that Trump did something that a large majority of American approve. Admitting gang members at the border? Who, us???? MORE
“Is it time to ignore the judiciary?”
No. Because when the Democrats regain power, and they will, we won’t want them to ignore the courts either. Turn this around. What if Biden sent all the J6er’s out of the country? He could have made the claim that they were too dangerous to keep here, being insurrectionists and all. As ridiculous as that is, it could happen if we condition ourselves to believe that whoever gains power should make all the rules. Then what? Ooops! Guess they weren’t insurrectionists after all, but hey, they’re in a foreign country now so nothing we can do. No. If the DOJ or Homeland Security has such a strong case, then try the man in court.
this country is past the time of c**t loyuhs/judges, they brought on Constitutional crises
But what happens when the democrats seize control of the courts, use it against their political opponents and maintain that control during republican control of the Executive and Legislative branches?
I still think part of the end game is for the government to bring Garcia back. Then, once the government brings Garcia back, the left will say that since the GOVERNMENT brought Garcia back, he is now a legal immigrant, at which point the whole case is moot.
I just wish I could randomly win Lotto the way these anti-Trump judges seems to keep getting randomly chosen for these anti-Trump cases.
Along similar lines, I believe it’s time to cut back on the “executive orders” which are so easily removed upon the next president’s will. Instead of temporary fixes for everything, what if we concentrated on getting a single, focused bill through Congress that can become a much more permanent solution?
^ Yes, but the majority of Congress is corrupt so the chances of getting a bill are very low.
Many would argue that a big part of the problem is the number of RINO’s in congress. I would argue that the problem is republicans period.
The un-elected judges are choking the elected Presidents authority, time to remove them from trying to run the US Government. Any way required.
I agree that we should NOT ignore the judiciary. Look at what Obama and Biden did when they ignored the judiciary? We threw a fit. A righteous fit, but it did no good because the left can do what they want.
I don’t want to live in a country where WE do the same thing as the left.
What we need to do is vet our so-called Republican candidates to find out if their MAGA talk is real. What we are seeing now is our Speaker of the House being against everything he said he was for. The same goes for many in Congress who talked a good talk and no one cared to vet their past or verify that what they were saying was really what they meant.
Are the judges a problem? Yes. Can Congress do something about it according to the US Constitution? YES. But they won’t until we threaten their gravy train.
Not the Judiciary as a whole but definitely any orders that go against the constitution and written laws.
Obama ignored the Judiciary quite successfully for three full terms. The question ought to read, Is it time for Republicans to ignore the Judiciary?
My answer to both versions is, YES…probably. In order for it to work for Republicans, Congress needs to function. Congress is the only politically acceptable tool available to rein in the Judiciary while preserving the Constitution, if it is even possible.
Judicial legitimacy has been put at risk by a Supreme Court dominated by supposed conservatives, the majority of whom are at best, squishy, and by Democrat justices who, if properly vetted, wouldn’t qualify to be judges in traffic court.
Chief Justice Roberts is obviously compromised, either by blackmail, or simply his overarching need to feel accepted by the cocktail circuit. His constant flip-flopping on issues and his weakness in refusing to defend SCOTUS during Obama’s three terms has turned the majority of Americans, Left, Right and Center, against that institution.
The lack of consistency in SCOTUS rulings has created an environment which encourages judicial advocacy in the lower courts. The Judiciary has become the Dems go-to solution when democracy fails to provide them with “correct” answers.
The only way we citizens will ever regain our communities will be to overturn, or have overturned, the thousands of rulings from activist judges from the past 60+ years that have steadily eroded our laws.
In the long game, Dems don’t care if the Judiciary collapses. They figure they win, either way. Anything that brings chaos and division moves their plan for destroying the US and western civilization closer to realization.
Unfortunately, it all goes back to having a functioning Congress. Congress gave up its powers to bureaucrats, judges and lobbyists (the post-modern triad of government) a very long time ago. The country has been careening into the abyss ever since.
Ignoring a lawful order is one thing, ignoring an order the judge had no business in making is another.
I have read on Coffee and COVID a couple of times is that the reason these judges issue temporary restraining orders as opposed to injunctions is that injunctions can be appealed where as TROs generally can’t be inasmuch as they are considered limited in scope and for a short period of time. The were never intended to be judicial bludgeons for entry-level Federal judges to run roughshod over the executive branch.
The upshot of all of this, as we have seen in other matters over the past fifteen years, is nothing happens if people in power don’t follow the Constitution. We haven’t had an actual budget as the Constitution calls for since 2008? Yeah, your point is?
It’s not like the Miranda or Gideon decisions where criminal cases can be thrown out. In other words, those in power make the rules, but they don’t have to follow them and there is nothing we can do about it. — that is until Trump came along. And those in power are siccing the attack dogs on him.
Look, this is simple: until we take back our schools from the communists, abandon all hope of the America we lost. We’re hanging onto power by a thread. And 30 million new illegals john roberts and amy barrett are too scared (or compromisede, like biden) to let trump throw out and who become voters and turn more of our country into california…
You get the picture.
seems the proper fix is martial law or executive order. suspend the judiciary nationwide until a military mental health exam is completed. first edition blacks law dictionary will be used as the standard of definitions for the exam. any judge who elaborates beyond blacks law definition will be removed and subject to in depth mental health acuity. definition of a woman should be the first question. second definition alien.
for a lasting solution, congress will pass a military mental health exam for all judicial branch appointments and any persons who are presented to the electorate for a vote. any judge who is found to use definitions other than blacks law first edition will be subject to removal and subject to military mental health exam. judges who intend to rule outside of their jurisdiction will be removed and subject to military health exam.