Quote of the Day
Rep. Gerry Connolly is an idiot:
It’s not really up to the Supreme Court to second-guess the legitimate decision made by the elected representatives of the people, and if people want to change that law, they can do so by changing the legislators
Actually, it’s kind of funny. That’s exactly why they are there.
June 20th, 2012 at 10:03 am
HOW THE FUCK IS THAT FUCKING GUY IN FUCKING CHARGE! SOMEBODY FUCKING GET HIM THE FUCKING FUCK OUT OF FUCKING THERE!
sigh.
Sorry. All better now.
Why don’t we have refs of some type, or maybe a chute into a woodchipper, for when they say stuff like this?
He just made it completely clear that Civics 101 was an elective in his High School, and if he signed up for it, then he spent the whole hour out back by the dumpster smoking pot.
June 20th, 2012 at 10:07 am
Also notice he is a lifetime professional
liarpolitician.June 20th, 2012 at 10:32 am
The sad thing is that many–perhaps most– of our government-schooled populace don’t know that that is exactly what the court is there for.
June 20th, 2012 at 10:42 am
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June 20th, 2012 at 11:23 am
Ted N: Since he is advocating the deliberate bypassing of the Constitution, I suggest that impeaching him and then trying him for Treason might be appropriate.
June 20th, 2012 at 11:27 am
Fine with me, as long as the sentence is “woodchipper”.
June 20th, 2012 at 1:50 pm
So…..Does he think the Supreme Court is there to handle parking tickets in D.C.?
June 20th, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Unfortunately, Rivrdog, treason is very specifically described in the constitution. (One of only two crimes in there – the other is counterfeiting.) And he hasn’t committed it.
June 20th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Connolly is safe. His district consists of federal employees and welfare recipients.
June 20th, 2012 at 3:51 pm
I suppose Connolly is implying that the decision in Brown vs. Board of Education mistakenly struck down a law that was properly enacted by the people’s elected representatives.
@Rivrdog,
Judicial Review of acts of Congress isn’t mentioned in the Constitution. The Supremes did assert that Judicial review of Congressional/Presidential actions was correct in that old Marbury vs. Madison case. If Connolly thinks that was wrong, he is saying that all the Judicial Review cases since that time were done wrong.
How far down that rabbit-hole does he want to go? I agree with Uncle, Connolly is saying stupid stuff.