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2020-10-07 -Land of the Free
Democrats float the idea of ‘jurisdiction stripping' of Supreme Court
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Posted by 746 2020-10-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ]  Top

#1 Would take a constitutional amendment and I don't see that happening.
Perhaps they think they can pass a bill to first allow this and second specifies that it, itself, cannot be reviewed by the courts.
Posted by CrazyFool 2020-10-07 00:35||   2020-10-07 00:35|| Front Page Top

#2 What are they smoking?

What entity would or could remove the jurisdiction of the highest court in the land? Just which court would pick up that jurisdiction - a lower court? A new Pelosi-Schiff congressional-Kangaroo Court?

Have these people lost their minds?
Posted by Threasing Elminegum1702 2020-10-07 00:49||   2020-10-07 00:49|| Front Page Top

#3 FWIW this would actually empower states to pass laws that contravene Roe v. Wade and Obergefell v. Hodges.

This move would only make sense if the Democrats were to hold permanently legislative power at the federal and state level.
Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2020-10-07 01:28||   2020-10-07 01:28|| Front Page Top

#4 What entity would or could remove the jurisdiction of the highest court in the land?
The Office of the Speaker of the House. The long-term goal is a "Parliamentary Style" Government with permanent Democratic Party control -- note that I did not say 'democracy' at any point.
Posted by magpie 2020-10-07 01:43||   2020-10-07 01:43|| Front Page Top

#5 A careful reading of the Constitution would allow limiting the power of the courts. First step is to quit making so many laws for them to 'interpret'. The second, is by legislation very specifically define 'bad behavior' granting the legislative branch more power over retention of judges. Basically, drawing a line, step over and be removed.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-10-07 08:49||   2020-10-07 08:49|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Note however, that it would remove the legislative branch from gaming the whole process by shifting the blame game to the judiciary for making the call the legislative branch is too cowardly to do.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-10-07 08:52||   2020-10-07 08:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Making floaters is what the Democrats are best at.
Posted by JHH 2020-10-07 10:35||   2020-10-07 10:35|| Front Page Top

#8 This is really easy to hand authority back to the states and localities for most subjects. Here the example is abortion, but pretty much anything not called out in article 1 section 8, or an amendment is fair game to get the courts out of.

Section. 2.

The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

So, pass a law in Congress signed by the President that says, the regulation of abortion is not a delegated power to the United States in the Constitution, and the powers of the United States federal government does not extend to it.
Posted by rammer 2020-10-07 17:32||   2020-10-07 17:32|| Front Page Top

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