Bachmann wants to prohibit judges from enforcing equal protections

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By: By David Edwards

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) wants to completely strip judges of the ability to rule on the legality of same sex marriage.

“Something else that we can do to reinforce our pro-marriage, pro-life, pro-family agenda is to limit the subject-matter jurisdiction of the courts,” Bachmann said during a Monday speech in Pella, Iowa.

“At the federal level with what are called Article III courts, Article III of the United States Constitution, we can limit the subject matter that justices can rule on. We have it within our authority to decide what judges can rule on and what they can’t.”

Watch this video of Bachmann, uploaded by Think Progress April 12, 2011

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/04/bachmann-calls-to-limit-the-ability-of-judges-to-decide-on-marriage-issues/

[RKP5637]

1. She's a blithering fool, always has been, always will be. n/t

[DCKit]

2. When is someone going to ask Michele (publicly) how long she's had her Taliban membership card? nt

[monmouth]

3. She's a graduate of Liberty U..Yes? 'Nuf said...n/t

[hifiguy]

15. Nope. But yes to Oral Roberts U's now closed

law school. How they ever got ABA accreditation if they ever did, is a mystery to this grad of a REAL law school.

[monmouth]

17. Thanks, my bad...Right church, wrong pew one might say..LOL..n/t

[opihimoimoi]

4. solid evidence of a flawed brain at work.....wasteful efforts toward a theocracy

[msanthrope]

5. Oh, shit. Michelle's been reading at Free Republic again....

I bet the keywords were: 'homosexualagenda' and 'judicialactivism."

[walldude]

6. "I should be allowed to decide what is right for everyone

because God told me to."


That this woman is even considered a Presidential contender makes me think we are totally fucked.

[malaise]

7. Since when can Congress give orders to the Judicial branch

of government?

Fuck that stupid woman

[hobbit709]

8. Maybe she should practice what she preaches.

After all the Constitution in its original form didn't give women anything.

[DCKit]

13. So, basically, "shut the fuck up"

Her world is not one that I would choose.

[RagAss]

9. This nutbag makes Palin sound like Archimedes.

[damntexdem]

10. Three independent branches.

Oh, I'm just so archaic. ;-)

[Tesha]

11. Someday, someone will point out Marbury v Madison to her.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbury_v._Madison

Tesha

[Bake]

12. And courts don't like anyone telling them what they can/can't decide

Especially Supreme ones.

"It is emphatically the province of the judicial department ... to say what the law is."

Bake

[hifiguy]

14. Why isn't this woman locked up?

She is crazier than anyone I have ever encountered in a psychiatric hospital.

She needs nice soft walls, a stylish wraparound jacket and a ketamine/thorazine bomber every six hours. Maybe the voices in her head that she admits to and brags about hearing will then go away.

[Skidmore]

16. Make my day, Michelle.. I'd be happy to start the lawsuit

against you and your mob of knuckledraggers.

[AsahinaKimi]

18. Gag judges?

She's insane. WTF is wrong with all these Republicans? They really do want to rule this country like a banana republic.