Sen. McConnell defends his GOP goons on the Supreme Court

[NJMaverick]

Quote:WASHINGTON — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell charged Thursday that President Barack Obama had "crossed a dangerous line" when he commented on the Supreme Court's deliberations over the 2010 federal health care law.

Quote: ...McConnell said, "I would suggest the president back off."

Quote:"Apparently, President Obama didn’t like the tenor of some of the questions the justices asked about the health care law during last week’s hearings, questions that highlighted the unprecedented power that the administration now has over your and everybody else’s health care as a result of its passage," McConnell said.

"So earlier this week, the President did something that as far as I know is completely unprecedented: he not only tried to publicly pressure the Court into deciding a pending case in the way he wants it decided; he also questioned its very authority under the Constitution."

Scholars maintain it's hardly unusual for presidents to be critical of the court.

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[SeattleGirl]

So McChinless is having the vapors about what Obama said. Mitch needs to find some smelling salts and a fainting couch.

[jaxx]

Mitch opened his mouth and forgot that GOPers have said plenty about the court......

Thu Apr 05, 2012 at 10:17 AM PDT
Mitch McConnell says President Obama should 'back off of justices'
by Joan McCarter

<..> Ronald Reagan ... campaigning in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday, blasted the court’s most recent abortion ruling as “an abuse of power as bad as the transgression of Watergate and the bribery on Capitol Hill.” ...

<..> George W. Bush... For the judiciary, resisting this temptation is particularly important, because it's the only branch that is unelected and whose officers serve for life. Unfortunately, some judges give in to temptation and make law instead of interpreting. Such judicial lawlessness is a threat to our democracy—and it needs to stop.

<..> MCCONNELL: I don't know. These are findings of fact that presumably the court, had it looked at it de novo from the beginning, which is what we granted the federal courts the authority to do, could have taken into account.

The courts obviously decided not to do that, and this tragic is obviously going to come to an end sometime shortly. [...] Look, it's a matter of life and death. The Congress made a decision to give the courts an opportunity to look at it again. They looked at it again, and they chose not to act.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/05...-justices-

[NJMaverick]

(04-05-2012 12:30 PM)jaxx Wrote:  Mitch opened his mouth and forgot that GOPers have said plenty about the court......

Thu Apr 05, 2012 at 10:17 AM PDT
Mitch McConnell says President Obama should 'back off of justices'
by Joan McCarter

<..> Ronald Reagan ... campaigning in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday, blasted the court’s most recent abortion ruling as “an abuse of power as bad as the transgression of Watergate and the bribery on Capitol Hill.” ...

<..> George W. Bush... For the judiciary, resisting this temptation is particularly important, because it's the only branch that is unelected and whose officers serve for life. Unfortunately, some judges give in to temptation and make law instead of interpreting. Such judicial lawlessness is a threat to our democracy—and it needs to stop.

<..> MCCONNELL: I don't know. These are findings of fact that presumably the court, had it looked at it de novo from the beginning, which is what we granted the federal courts the authority to do, could have taken into account.

The courts obviously decided not to do that, and this tragic is obviously going to come to an end sometime shortly. [...] Look, it's a matter of life and death. The Congress made a decision to give the courts an opportunity to look at it again. They looked at it again, and they chose not to act.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/05...-justices-

Damn! Facts are so in the tank for the Democrats