Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Supreme Court to Chris Christie: You are not emperor

[malaise]

http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/03/supreme_court_to_chris_christie_you_are_not_empero.html
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Make no mistake: Gov. Chris Christie suffered a major defeat this week at the hands of the state Supreme Court. It was one of the greatest affirmations of the integrity of our judiciary in a long time.

The Christie administration was, in essence, telling our state's highest court not to hold by its own orders on affordable housing. The message of the justices was clear: No way.

They drew a red line in the face of our imperial governor, reiterating that towns can't use their zoning laws to keep out working class people. Most notably, the decision was unanimous. All three of Christie's appointees ruled against him, putting the law before politics.

The response from the governor's office was unusually muted. After all, what is Christie going to say now — that his own people are activist judges? That this is yet another edict from a "liberal court"?

[MADem]

1. Ha! Good thing he's not an emperor....

Those emperors sometimes patronize dodgy tailors...!

Serves him right!

[malaise]

2. The day is coming when this one will be naked

but I'll need more than bleach to think about that moment

[Lochloosa]

11. That was a visual I did not need. Thank you very much.

[malaise]

25. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww indeed

[47of74]

30. Yeah I was thinking this when a nekkid Emperor Christie was mentioned...

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

51. Rare that any con in any place of authority does the right thing, that it was done here

must mean Christie was way out of line.

[AngryDem001]

16. Did you HAVE to put that image in my head?

EWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

[47of74]

20. Here you go.

[malaise]

23. LOL and thanks

[misterhighwasted]

3. Response was "Unusually Muted"

Haaahaa
Word is Christie carries extra underwear after this

[malaise]

8. He was trying to zone communities to keep out the working class

What a fugging elitist scumbag

[misterhighwasted]

17. There must a karmic return for all those he has bullied & all

..he has injured and for how far reaching his harm and for all who he manipulated & threatened in service to him.
Here's to karma hanging it all back.. & heavily on his very own shoulders to wear.

[malaise]

21. +1,000

I am convinced that the massive bully and his corrupt goons think they're living the Sopranos.
If M$Greedia paid attention this would have been a huge story. This is gentrification on steroids.

[calimary]

45. What? Was this somebody else telling HIM to "sit down and shut up"?

Why, how dare they!

Couldn't happen to a nicer fella...

[riversedge]

48. good connection.

[sadoldgirl]

4. Great, and the 8bln dollar scandal will haunt him too! n/t

[malaise]

7. That one will more than haunt him

They gave him money for the ReTHUG governors set up and this will end up in court with serious consequences.

[sadoldgirl]

13. Who will sue him?

Does your state have a recall possibility in that case?

[malaise]

24. The NJ legislature is having hearings on this which will set the stage

for the courts. No way they're taking this one - and it could be big trouble for Christie.

Check out the implications for the lower income housing ruling
http://www.njherald.com/story/28498714/latest-nj-affordable-housing-ruling-could-spark-action

[chillfactor]

5. Love it!...

so Christie go this face and his butt slapped at the same time by his own appointees....i bet he thought he had this one in the bag

[Stellar]

6. Whoa!!!

The long arm of justice whacked the heck out of Christie's? Couldn't happen to nicer guy.

[sheshe2]

9. He lost epically!

Yes, he's washed his hands of it — true. But by no means could Christie have predicted his own appointees would also rule against him. He picked an epic constitutional fight, and lost. Epically.

Aaaaah~ Christie will have a sad here.

[malaise]

10. And then some

[sheshe2]

14. Sigh~

I so sad.
The Ides of March a few days early~

[Thespian2]

12. My Republican relatives

living in New Jersey do not like Christie's attempt to destroy the state. They did not vote for him and do not like him. Perhaps some hope exists for NJ.

[razorman]

49. Christie also has little support among Republicans elsewhere.

Many Repubs and conservatives I have talked to despise him. If he still has dreams of running for president, he needs to put them away. There is virtually no chance of him winning the Republican nomination. Most of them see him as a pal of President Obama.
Boehner, McConnel, and McCain are also on their shit list.

[mountain grammy]

15. Glad someone stopped him.

[sadoldgirl]

18. Right, but this could have been much

better, if he had been the nominee already. Now he is
just out of the running.

[EEO]

19. THIS is why judges should be appointed rather than elected.

Elected judges trivializes the interpretation of law, because they want to be re-elected.

An appointed judge - if ethical - can give intellectually honest rulings without fear of losing his seat.

[malaise]

22. Very well said

[merrily]

27. Then again, judges who serve for life can be as intellectually dishonest and unabashedly partisan

as they feel like being and nothing is likely to be done about it. Just ask Scalia, Thomas, et al.

Those who demanded and ratified the Bill of Rights in 1789 intended it to apply to corporations? Really?

And that's only one example. Scalia, for instance, has publicly stated that he doesn't even read anything but RW newspapers anymore.

[EEO]

31. When there is accountability and the judiciary is checked by the other branches it works.

[47of74]

32. Here in Iowa judges are appointed, not elected.

However, judges are subject to retention votes after 10 years.

Here in Iowa that reich winger Vander Platts orchestrated having three of the Supreme Court judges that let teh gays get married ousted in 2010 after their turn came up for retention votes. He tried to do the same again in 2012 but that time the voters decided to retain the remaining judges who voted for marriage equality. I suppose he could try again in 2020 or 2022 but hopefully he'll get smacked down again by the voters.

[merrily]

26. Christie's exampting himself from prohibitions against accepting gifts and favors was bold, to put

it nicely.

[Laxman]

28. Without Getting Too Much Into Policy....

before I even finish a cup of coffee on a Sunday morning, I believe this Supreme Court decision was exactly what Christie was after. He and his administration purposely caused it. They were deliberately failing to move forward with new acceptable affordable housing rules and policies in an attempt to get to this very point. The constitutional obligation (that's NJ's constitution) still exists with no mechanism to implement it. Now there is something of a free-for-all where Christie's supporters in the building industry (who were his prime supporters in getting him into office in the first place) now have an opening to operate in a manner that will free them of local zoning and planning restrictions. Now they have the opportunity to enlist the Courts-or the threat of litigation- to strong arm municipalities. The results will not be beneficial. Kevin Walsh did gain a victory here by exposing the dilatory tactics of the Christie administration when it comes to affordable housing policy, however it is just another step in Christie's ultimate goal to eliminate planning and regulation from land use policy in a state that desperately needs it. It's a great headline, but not exactly what it appears to be. There is quite a ways to go before this issue is played out, but it isn't exactly what the Star-Ledger has portrayed. This isn't a good thing for NJ for any number of reasons that are way too complex to go into here. This issue may have a happier ending, dependent upon what the next developments are, but based on recent history I'm not too optimistic.

[malaise]

29. Thanks for your input Laxman

It is always welcomed and respected.

[rocktivity]

44. By the way, do you realize you're only nine entries away

from Christie Crime Digest Volume Three? I was going to tell you not to procrastinate about putting it up when the time came, but I can do that later...


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[ND-Dem]

47. please, get into the policy, because if they're trying it in NJ, they're trying it elsewhere.

Forewarned is forearmed.

[NewJeffCT]

33. I'm surprised he didn't complain about activist judges

Heck, when Antonin Scalia rejected Tom DeLay, it didn't stop DeLay from complaining about Scalia being an activist judge.

[malaise]

34. The problem is that he appointed them

[NewJeffCT]

35. Shame and hypocrisy

are normally not things Republicans worry about.

[malaise]

36. True - their only interest is money

profit by any means

[CTyankee]

37. Heh. Poor guy, can't catch a break these days...

I bet he wishes for those old glory days when he was the GOP bright hope. Now, he sinking like a stone in a swamp of his own making.

Makes you glad there is such a thing as karma...

[malaise]

39. Now, he sinking like a stone in a swamp of his own making.

Beautifully stated - like Friday evening artwork

[CTyankee]

50. You are so nice, Malaise...

more is coming on art stuff in a couple of weeks...stay tuned!

[malaise]

52. I love your art threads

although I am a dumbo on the subject

[The Jungle 1]

38. I hate zonning

Zoning is the ultimate rich man's scam to control the middle class. Republicans love zenning. My community and county in south eastern Pa are completely republican run. They control everything I do on my property. I can't dig a hole, cut down my trees, change my heating system or put on a new roof unless I ask permission from my local government. Funny thing is that most of my state has no zoning and everything runs just fine.
Zoning is completly out of control in my area.

When I point out that zoning is clearly socialism the republicans get real quiet. I thought republicans hated socialism?

[malaise]

40. And then they scream about privacy and freedom

Welcome to DU

[Enthusiast]

41. This is wonderful.

Christie could get a good role as an actor. He could play a Roman emperor, a real degenerate, an especially gluttonous one. Take your pick.

[malaise]

42. A glutton for power, acglutton for privilege, a glutton for wealth

and food - the quintessential 'fat cat'.
Sadly next will be glutton for punishment

[rocktivity]

43. The last Crew Christie member who called a judge a liberal activist

had to be supplied with a new job because the judge was appointed by Christine Whitman.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025933523#post104


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[malaise]

46. Morons and bullies

I hope Christie has to find a new job