Gingrich: Courts Have Become Far Too Powerful

Newt Gingrich says U.S. ‘courts have become grotesquely dictatorial’
Newt Gingrich has advocated abolishing courts and subpoenaing judges for controversial decisions. And he defended his position in the Iowa debate Tuesday night, pushing back against critics who have said such a move would alter the checks and balances on the three branches of government.


“The courts have become grotesquely dictatorial, far too powerful and I think frankly arrogant in their misreading of the American people,” the former House speaker said. “I would, just like [former presidents] Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln and FDR, I would be prepared to take on the judiciary [branch of government] if it did not restrict itself in what it was doing.”

Agreeing with Gingrich, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said “if we give to the courts the right to make law than the people will have lost their representation.”

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Billionaire George Soros Trying To Stack the Courts !!!

Billionaire George Soros spends tens of millions each year supporting a range of liberal social and political causes, from drug legalization to immigration reform to gay marriage to abolishing the death penalty.

But a less well-known Soros priority -- replacing elections for judges with selection-by-committee -- now has critics accusing him of trying to stack the courts.

Most non-federal judges around the country are selected by voters in elections. But some states use a process called “merit selection” in which a committee – often made up of lawyers – appoints judges to the bench instead.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/27/critics-say-soros-trying-to-stack-courts/#ixzz1QVu4cgTH