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CatWoman

(79,267 posts)
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 06:50 PM Mar 2018

Republican chief justice of Pa. Supreme Court scolds GOP over impeachment threat

The chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court scolded Republican state lawmakers on Thursday, after they filed impeachment resolutions against four Democratic justices over the court's decision on the state's congressional map.

Chief Justice Thomas Saylor, a Republican, said in a statement that he was concerned by the impeachment resolutions, which he called "an attack upon an independent judiciary."

"Threats of impeachment directed against Justices because of their decision in a particular case are an attack upon an independent judiciary, which is an essential component of our constitutional plan of government," he said.

A dozen Republicans in the Pennsylvania state House moved on Tuesday to impeach four of the court's five Democratic justices, filing articles of impeachment alleging that they exceeded their authority in striking down Pennsylvania's congressional map.

The court had previously ruled that the map had been unconstitutionally gerrymandered. Saylor and Justice Sallie Updyke Mundy, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's only other Republican, both opposed that ruling.

After the court ruled in January that the congressional map was unconstitutional, it gave state lawmakers three weeks to come up with a new map. Those efforts eventually failed, however, prompting the court to issue its own map.

The U.S. Supreme Court has twice declined requests from Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania to block the new map from taking effect.

http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/379897-republican-chief-justice-of-pa-supreme-court-scolds-gop-over-impeachment

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Republican chief justice of Pa. Supreme Court scolds GOP over impeachment threat (Original Post) CatWoman Mar 2018 OP
Does 'contempt of court' extend beyond the court's walls? C_U_L8R Mar 2018 #1
Recommended. H2O Man Mar 2018 #2
As in Wisconsin right now, GOP hates democracy. Always has. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #3
Yes! peggysue2 Mar 2018 #4
The GOP is afraid to face voters in a fair fight bronxiteforever Mar 2018 #5
This is encouraging. They are trying to do to Pennsylvania what they've done to Wisconsin. Tatiana Mar 2018 #6
Our PM tried to appoint an Acting Chief Justice malaise Mar 2018 #7

Eliot Rosewater

(31,087 posts)
3. As in Wisconsin right now, GOP hates democracy. Always has.
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 06:55 PM
Mar 2018

Guess we have to figure out how to eliminate them from power. It is called showing up on election day.

peggysue2

(10,801 posts)
4. Yes!
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 06:59 PM
Mar 2018

As outrageous as this is the only way it stops is making sure Republicans get thrown out on their keisters, everywhere.

bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)
5. The GOP is afraid to face voters in a fair fight
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 07:09 PM
Mar 2018

It shows how desperate they are and how little hope they have in winning a fair election.

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
6. This is encouraging. They are trying to do to Pennsylvania what they've done to Wisconsin.
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 07:12 PM
Mar 2018

It's nice to see that some of the institutions still are hanging on to some integrity and the people are resisting the brainwashing.

malaise

(267,455 posts)
7. Our PM tried to appoint an Acting Chief Justice
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 07:20 PM
Mar 2018

He was schooled

Every court shut down and all the judges and magistrates headed to a meeting.
That shit was overturned in a month.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210397339

His first decision yesterday was to cancel a local government election result because the PMs goon was ineligible to be a candidate by virtue of not living in the parish at the time of the election.

The Judiciary is a powerful branch of government. It remains silent and out of the fray most of the time but it can fuck you up in minutes and if folks think they'll stand by and watch themselves obliterated, they'd better watch the proceedings carefully.

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