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Related: About this forumNewt Gingrich: I would ignore supreme court as president
Newt Gingrich has pledged that on his first day as president he will set up a constitutional showdown by ordering the military to defy a supreme court ruling extending some legal rights to foreign terrorism suspects and captured enemy combatants in US custody.
The Republican contender told a forum of anti-abortion activists ahead of South Carolina's primary election that as president he would ignore supreme court rulings he regards as legally flawed. He implied that would also extend to the 1973 decision, Roe vs Wade, legalising abortion.
"If the court makes a fundamentally wrong decision, the president can in fact ignore it," said Gingrich to cheers.
The Republican contender, who has made no secret of his disdain for the judiciary, said that as president he would expect to have repeated showdowns with the supreme court. He said the court would lose because it is the least powerful and least accountable arm of government.
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More here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/19/newt-gingrich-ignore-supreme-court-president
The Republican contender told a forum of anti-abortion activists ahead of South Carolina's primary election that as president he would ignore supreme court rulings he regards as legally flawed. He implied that would also extend to the 1973 decision, Roe vs Wade, legalising abortion.
"If the court makes a fundamentally wrong decision, the president can in fact ignore it," said Gingrich to cheers.
The Republican contender, who has made no secret of his disdain for the judiciary, said that as president he would expect to have repeated showdowns with the supreme court. He said the court would lose because it is the least powerful and least accountable arm of government.
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More here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/19/newt-gingrich-ignore-supreme-court-president
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Newt Gingrich: I would ignore supreme court as president (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Jan 2012
OP
If the debt ceiling had not been raised, I would have argued Obama should have done just that
bluestateguy
Jan 2012
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Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)1. I'm glad this nutcase will never be president
Just keep that in mind when you read something so idiotic.
DJ13
(23,671 posts)2. Maybe Obama should try that
And outlaw Citizens United with a stroke of his pen.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)3. If the debt ceiling had not been raised, I would have argued Obama should have done just that
and ignored the debt ceiling, and if need be, ignore a Supreme Court order to let the country go into default.
demosincebirth
(12,543 posts)4. Lincoln ignored them.when he suspended Habeas Corpus