Ted Cruz: "five unelected judges..."

[CTyankee]

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleiii

"Article III
Section 1.

The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office."

So, Senator Cruz, aren't you a strict Constitutionalist?

[spanone]

1. he's a strict asshole.

[yeoman6987]

3. So funny and true

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Harvard Law Review, right?

[CTyankee]

4. link reads "Cornell."

But Harvard admitted that idiot...

[PCIntern]

5. What about the OTHER four unelected judges...

who are actually referred to as "Justices"....but what do I know?

[CTyankee]

6. well, yes. I guess Cruz thinks they were "elected" somehow...just can't get to the

meaning of that bizarre condemnation by Cruz...

[virtualobserver]

7. he is "evolving"

Considering the obnoxious "law and order" ads for some state judges that we have now, it would be a nightmare.......here in
Texas we have judges that aren't even lawyers.

[TxVietVet]

8. The conservanazis want to change the rules when they lose.

I'm on Cruz's mailing list. He is one ignorant asshole. The propaganda he puts out proves it. If you aren't keeping up on current events, Cruz is worse than Faux News.

[PCIntern]

9. In Pennsylvania we elect our judges...

and are the laughing-stock of the entire legal community.

[CTyankee]

10. I'm wondering why Cruz would "diss" our founders?

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. Because there is a movement of nullification afoot.

Other Repug. candidates are using the same phrases.
One buzzword is "unelected judges"

Jindal said, yesterday...."we need to get rid of the Court".

Rick Santorum: Today, 5 unelected judges redefined the foundational unit of society. Now it is the people's turn to speak.

Mike Huckabee: "This flawed, failed decision is an out-of-control act of unconstitutional judicial tyranny"
plus this gem: I will not acquiesce to an imperial court any more than our Founders acquiesced to an imperial British monarch,"

"Activist court" is another buzzword..Fiorna used that, but who listens to her?

There is a push for Constitutional Amendment (s).

[CTyankee]

12. I see. Well, good luck with that...didn't we fight a civil war over just that question?

[gratuitous]

13. Yes, I believe we did fight a war over that question

I recall it didn't turn out very well for the folks like Cruz and Huckabee.

[libdem4life]

18. But one has to admit that many have never retreated in mind, opinion or bigotry. 250 years later.

knuckledraggers hardly describes them. I like the term Cretin.

[malaise]

14. Two of the five gave George Bush the White House

in another 5-4 decision

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. The GOPers were perfectly satisfied when 5 unelected judges

appointed GWB president (Bush v. Gore), or decided corporations were people (Citizens United), or that women couldn't sue Walmart for discrimination in a class action (Walmart v. Dukes), or that corporations have religious rights (Hobby Lobby). Funny how they are complaining about those "unelected judges" now that they didn't get a 5-4 decision in their favor.

[emulatorloo]

21. They are hypocrites and they are absolutely shameless.

[Evergreen Emerald]

16. The Supreme Court is the last bastion, staving off

The tyranny of the majority and ensuring that our Constitution is honored for everyone. It is a bedrock of our democracy.

[Sparkly]

17. Sounds like the start of a joke.

"Five unelected judges and four um, other judges walk into a bar..."

[TheCowsCameHome]

19. The punchline is the first two words - "Ted Cruz"

[emulatorloo]

20. He's a lying demagogue who I guess didn't have to study US civics in Canada.

[Sheepshank]

22. I'm pretty sure he felt very differently about the courts

While they were rendering the Hobby Lobby decision, and the free speech ruling that made Citizens United an freaking democratic nightmare.

I just wish his would shut his freaking hypocrital gob.

[Cha]

23. One thing about the tedster.. he doesn't care how damn stupid he looks or sounds as long as he

has a camera on him.

[Initech]

24. He's a strict member of the American Taliban.

[Poiuyt]

25. "Five unelected judges" must be the talking point handed down to them

Walker, Santorum, and Rubio all used the same phrase.

They are nothing if not unimaginative idiots.

[ladjf]

26. Cruz never knows when to shut up. nt

[TeddyR]

27. Cruz is a first class idiot

And I don't believe he has ever had a good idea and this is one of his worst. The Supreme Court can be politicized enough without having the justices running blatantly partisan campaigns.

[Bluenorthwest]

28. The Senator from Smarm lavished praise upon the court after the Hobby Lobby decision.

He's without principles. It's incredible to me that Texas made him a Senator.

[Bobcat]

29. Appointed

Yes they are "unelected" - and for good reason. The SCOTUS is tasked with upholding the Constitution and interpreting the law. Appointment - with Senate approval - allows them to carry out this important task FREE FROM POLITICAL PRESSURE. The founders, in their wisdom, knew that this element of government should not be subject to the whims and whistles of politicians and the changing winds of national politics. The law means what Supreme Court says it means.