Repuke: Defund the Supreme Court if you don't like their decision...

[cynatnite]

Yesterday, Keith Rothfus, the Republican nominee in Pennsylvania’s 4th congressional district, attended a house party in Cranberry Township and discussed his political views for about an hour. At first, he echoed the views of most GOP candidates: if Republicans don’t succeed in repealing the new health care law, they would take the unprecedented step to defund the reforms. Rothfus was categorical in his opposition to supporting any aspect of the law, pledging that he “will not fund one Obamacare office.”

However, Rothfus took his defund-mantra a step further. When asked by a constituent whether or not Congress can override the Supreme Court, Rothfus argued that Congress could simply strip funding from the Supreme Court if it makes a decision he disagrees with. Said Rothfus, “if the Supreme Court rules you have to do something, we’ll just take away funding for it”:

CONSTITUENT: Keith, I have a question concerning the courts. It seems that the courts are having the final say on these matters, the Supreme Court. But isn’t it the Congress that can ultimately override the Supreme Court, the checks and balances?

ROTHFUS: Yeah, there are different checks and balances you can do. Congress’s ultimate weapon is funding. If the Supreme Court rules you have to do something, we’ll just take away funding for it. You can always pass a constitutional amendment. I myself have several amendments I’m thinking of. One is to tell the Supreme Court that when you consider American constitutional principles, American constitutional rights, you cannot rely on foreign law to adjudicate those. We have certain members of the Court who want to draw from Europe, and draw from Europe, Europe, and Europe. They’ll never want to draw from Saudi Arabia or something. They talk about these international evolving standards of decency, and they’re always talking about western Europe, which is dying. They want to incorporate really socialist principles into our constitutional regime.

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/10/21/rothfus-defund-scotus/

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Which Of Course Is Prima Facie Unconsitutional

And, the whole budget would become null and void and they'd have to start all over with even Congress having no funding.

What an idiot.
GAC

[BootinUp]

2. Just Another Whackjob Teabagger. - JAWT nt

[Marr]

3. Ever notice how the people who claim to be the most "American"

always seem to turn out to be the least so? Weird.

[drm604]

4. Wait... what?

It sounds like he'd prefer that they draw from Saudi Arabia rather than from Europe

We have certain members of the Court who want to draw from Europe, and draw from Europe, Europe, and Europe. They’ll never want to draw from Saudi Arabia or something. They talk about these international evolving standards of decency, and they’re always talking about western Europe, which is dying.

:crazy:

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Your Sig Line Is Cool

Just wanted to compliment you on that.
GAC

[drm604]

8. Thank You.

It's from a journal entry I wrote last year.
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/drm604/48

[Unvanguard]

6. That's unconstitutional by the clear text of the Constitution.

:eyes:

[WinkyDink]

7. Is this guy implying that SAUDI ARABIA's principles are superior to "dying" Europe's?!

[Bitwit1234]

9. If the DOJ was doing it's job they would have investigated

why the Supreme Court went into matters not even perused in the Citizens United case. What the five activist republican judges ruled on had absolutely nothing what so ever to do with the case before them. They added this decision (probably at the request of the corporations and the republican crooks).