Why don't DeLay and company impeach these "rogue justices"?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

In listening to Tom DeLay rant on and on about how the judiciary is out of control and are leading a dictatorship of our country, something occurred to me. If Tom and all of our other right wing play friends really believe the justices are acting outside of their role, why don't they use the Constitutional powers granted them to maintain checks and balances? If the Judicial system really has become a de facto dictatorship as the fundies claim, why don't they impeach these judges?

Please, I would absolutely LOVE for the Republicans to really list out every piece of evidence they have that judges have acted inappropriately. I want to see EXACTLY why the judges are "out of control". List it out for all of us to see in plain light what they've done wrong.

Given that they have no qualms about using (and abusing) the powers they have, there's got to be a reason why they don't do this. And that reason, of course, is that an impeachment trial would only be a grand display of how partisan and baseless their claims really are.

Have no doubts that if there were any substance to their claims, they'd have taken substantive action on this already.

[ewagner]

1. Because it wouldn't have

the political impact they want....Delay wants something "Spectacular!" to propell more Republicans into Federal office so look for some sickening publicity stunt in the next few weeks....

I suspect something is up within the fundamentalist/neocon ranks. I heard a repub caller to a Wisconsin Public Radio talk show this morning say that as far as the judges in the Shiavo case are concerned "...this isn't over...there will be repercussions."The talking points have gone out...

[underpants]

2. What? A complete discussion? the whole equation?

No way no how. They can't tell the whole story.

I have been thinking the same thing everytime I hear "arrogant" (plays into the good old boy vs. brainiacs campaign theme) and "unaccountable". If they reminded the masses about that Delay would come off as a crying baby.

BTW- you should have seen Britt Hume stammering to ask questions in exactly the right way last night in an EXCLUSIVE interview with Delay. Delay was carefully answering one question and Hume let out an audible "Good" (as in 'yes you are doing well')

[TheFarseer]

5. sorry I missed that

mush have been a real hard ball interview. Why not just have Delay ask himself questions?

[underpants]

8. My wife pointed it out to me and rewound the TV to watch it

Digital Video Recorder technology

It was the most careful thing I have ever seen

http://www.newshounds.us/2005/03/31/ethicallychallenged_tom_delay_takes_on_the_judiciary.php#more

There was NO such mention of DeLay's ethics scandals, nothing. Twice, when DeLay made improper assertions, Brit Hume rephrased for him rather than challenging him.

[crispini]

3. I think they're going to try to impeach them.

I heard somebody (not Tom Delay, I don't remember who) say that in a soundbyte when I was listening to NPR on the way home the other day. Sorry, I don't have a better source.

[TheFarseer]

4. My dad told me for my first election

If there's an election to recall a judge, vote to recall him everytime. Looking back on that, that's a pretty destructive attitude. How the hell do I even know anything about the judge? I don't pay attention to this crap now and I sure as hell didn't when I was 18.

[TlalocW]

6. A lot of federal judges

Can only be impeached for the same things that presidents can be, which makes it very difficult to remove them as the founders intended, otherwise, there would be a constant churn of judges brought up on impeachment charges (mostly by republicans) for not doing what the repubs wanted.

TlalocW

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

7. But that's my point exactly.

If they're really abusing power the way Republicans say they are, there should be grounds for impeachment, shouldn't there?

[mpanno]

9. If they impeach the judges,

they should impeach everyone involved, right up the line to SHRUB.

[adwon]

10. They can impeach all they want

It takes 2/3 of the senate for removal. And it would royally fuck them in the goat ass with the vast majority of the country.

[snippy]

11. They will try but first they will run a campaign to lay the groundwork.

They will spend the next several months stoking the fires of hatred in the republican base and doing direct mail fund raising promising to impeach some federal judges. They will distribute talking points to all republicans, including wholly owned journalists, containing lies about some unpopular judicial decisions and about the Constitutional duty of the House to impeach when necessary. Then they will look for a judicial decision they consider particularly outrageous and start talking about impeaching the judge involved. And if the American people believe their campaign of lies, they will impeach that judge.