COLUMN by George Graham, editor:
In spite of all the hoopla surrounding the so-called supreme Court, in reality, the justices are nothing more than glorified lawyers who have been appointed to their high station by a president and ratified by the Senate.
Every Congress-critter and each Supreme Court Justice have taken an oath to support, defend and uphold the Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land.
Five of the current justices have violated that oath and NEED to be impeached and removed from office. The removal is also provided for in the Constitution which says, in part: “The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour… “
Forget their life-time appointments –
THEY CAN AND SHOULD BE IMPEACHED.
Last week, by a narrow 5-4 ruling, the court upheld a constitutional provision written in the Second Amendment that says private citizens (the real militia) have the RIGHT to keep and bear arms. The vote should have been 9-0 to uphold the Constitution.
The four justices (glorified lawyers) who voted against the Constitution NEED to be impeached and removed from office. Those four are John Paul Stevens, David Hackett Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Steven Breyer. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy also needs to be impeached in spite of his correct vote on this issue. That comment will be the topic of a future column.
I haven’t read every word of the dissenting overpaid lawyers’ opinions, but in the first 30 pages or so, the dissenting idiots relied heavily on European (foreign) law and opinions.
Sorry lawyers, I live in America and totally reject foreign opinions and advice. The dissenters, anti-constitutionalists all, led by Stevens, also cited arguments that were written prior to the adoption of the Constitution and rejected by the Founders.
By contrast, Justice Antonin Scalia relied heavily on the actual wording of the Constitution. What a concept – someone who actually relies on the law as written in the supreme law of the land. Hooray for Justices Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. and John G. Roberts Jr. They have done our nation proud and deserve their seats on the supreme Court.
As for the other five, they would be of more use as compost in my garden. My soil has a lot of clay and the manure would be helpful. They need to be impeached and removed from office.