IMPEACHMENT!!!!!

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Cronus Protagonist  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 09:58 PM
Original message
I call for IMPEACHING the Supreme Court Members who voted for this decision
 Kick out the fascists once and for all.
MEDICARE FOR ALL
Holy Hell, someone is WRONG on the Internets!11 THIS IS HUGH!!
why does all my best stuff get banned?


 
 ima_sinnic  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 09:59 PM
Response to Original message
1. where/how do we begin? (nt)
 

 
 jgraz  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jan-21-10 10:01 PM
Response to Reply #1
2. Clarence "Pubic Hair" Thomas 
 The guy committed perjury during his confirmation hearings. Impeach his ass and throw him in jail.
A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class shit I bet you stopped reading like 10 words ago
-- George Orwell
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 ima_sinnic  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 10:02 PM
Response to Reply #2
5. what begins that process? don't we need some lawyers or something? or Congresspeople?
 

 
 Cronus Protagonist  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 10:01 PM
Response to Reply #1
4. I wish I knew
 I suppose someone in the Senate would introduce articles of impeachment. Maybe that's impossible since they're all on the payola scheme to begin with. I wonder if the people can call for impeachment without any elected officials involved.
MEDICARE FOR ALL
Holy Hell, someone is WRONG on the Internets!11 THIS IS HUGH!!
why does all my best stuff get banned?
 

 
 FarCenter (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 10:01 PM
Response to Original message
3. Good luck with getting 67 votes in the Senate
 
 


 Kurt_and_Hunter  (1000+ posts)       Thu Jan-21-10 10:16 PM
Response to Reply #3
14. +1
 "My goal in life is to not die in concentration camp. Is that too ambitious?"
 


 MercutioATC  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jan-21-10 10:06 PM
Response to Original message
6. Silliness.
 SCOTUS Justices CAN be impeached, but only if convicted in a Senate trial and only for the same types of offenses that any other government official could be tried for under Articles I and II of the Constitution.

There's no basis in this case.
 


 paulsby  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 10:14 PM
Response to Reply #6
10. which is how it should be
 if u could impeach a SCOTUS JUSTICE for a decision u don't like, rule of law and seperation of powers would be meaningless
 


 MercutioATC  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jan-21-10 10:18 PM
Response to Reply #10
16. Precisely.
 Edited on Thu Jan-21-10 10:18 PM by MercutioATC
As least SOMEBODY hasn't completely lost their head.
 
 

 Blue Owl  (402 posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 10:06 PM
Response to Original message
7. Wouldn't that be nice!
 Something has got to be done about this disaster.
Blue Owl
 


 paulsby  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 10:16 PM
Response to Reply #7
11. it wouldn't be nice
 it would destroy seperation of powers, judicial review, and rule of law
 


 MrCoffee (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 10:18 PM
Response to Reply #7
15. It would be horrific
 The judiciary must be insulated against the political branches. We wouldn't have law otherwise.
 


 happy_liberal (330 posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 10:08 PM
Response to Original message
8. K&R
 
If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties...if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal." JFK
 


 paulsby  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 10:11 PM
Response to Original message
9. Are the ACLU fascists?
 they wrote an amicus brief..
 


 MrCoffee (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 10:16 PM
Response to Reply #9
13. Oh don't start that again!
 The other thread was bad enough.
 


 paulsby  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 10:20 PM
Response to Reply #13
17. if those that made this decision are
 "fascists", then those who advocated it, via legal brief. are too
 


 MrCoffee (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 10:25 PM
Response to Reply #17
18. You know very well that the ACLU did not "advocate" this decision
 The ACLU explicitly did not address the overturning of Austin in their brief.
 


 cali  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jan-21-10 10:16 PM
Response to Original message
12. I call for an end to political fantasies being posted on DU!!!!!!!!!!
 just about the same likelihood: None.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7535355

[dutch508]

Cronus Protagonist  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 04:58 PM
Original message http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7535355
I call for IMPEACHING the Supreme Court Members who voted for this decision
 Kick out the fascists once and for all.

DUmbass.

jgraz  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jan-21-10 05:01 PM
Response to Reply #1
2. Clarence "Pubic Hair" Thomas 
 The guy committed perjury during his confirmation hearings. Impeach his ass and throw him in jail.

Right beside Wm J. Clinton!

ima_sinnic  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 05:02 PM
Response to Reply #2
5. what begins that process? don't we need some lawyers or something? or Congresspeople?

super DUmbass

MercutioATC  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jan-21-10 05:06 PM
Response to Original message
6. Silliness.
 SCOTUS Justices CAN be impeached, but only if convicted in a Senate trial and only for the same types of offenses that any other government official could be tried for under Articles I and II of the Constitution.

There's no basis in this case.

Smart ass DUmbass

Cleita  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jan-21-10 05:31 PM
Response to Reply #6
20. What they have done is marry corporations and the government, which is
 fascism and flies in the face of the type of government that our Constitution set up as a democratic republic. If I remember correctly we went to war in 1941 to fight Hitler's Nazis, Mussolini's Fascists and Emperor Hirohito's Imperialism. We did it to preserve democracy and to protect our Constitution. If the very judges who have sworn to uphold the Constitution have done the opposite, it seems like treason to me.

back to just plain DUmbass.

cali  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jan-21-10 05:16 PM
Response to Original message
12. I call for an end to political fantasies being posted on DU!!!!!!!!!!
 just about the same likelihood: None.

 

[The Village Idiot]

lol. I knew this was coming. haha

[The Village Idiot]

like I said in the other thread. This was predictable.

 

[USA4ME]

At least they aren't emotional.

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[kenth]

lol. I knew this was coming. haha

Impeach the Supreme Court! Outlaw right wing hate speech! Throw the conservatives in jail! Eradicate the Republican Party!

Because we hate facism!

[The Village Idiot]

At least they aren't emotional.

no emotion just a faux seething rage, threatening to hold their breath until someone gives them a cookie

[LadyLiberty]

 

They are really pissed this week.

I love EVERY minute of it 

[The Village Idiot]

Time for a DU fundraiser!!

Donate or lose access to smilies and bolded words!

[Chris_]

They are really pissed this week.

I love EVERY minute of it 

Liberal angst is sooooo sweet........

doc

[bijou]

What a week: Scott Brown; Pelosi admitting she doesn't have the votes for Obamcare; the demise of Air America and now this.


Looks like the NYT jumped the gun

January 14, 2009, 1:02 PM

It’s a question that has been on many a political pundit’s lips: does Barack Obama’s victory signify a historic electoral realignment, the end of Republican dominance and the start of a new Democratic ascendancy?  ...

Sylvia Browne eat your heart out.

[dutch508]

beat me by a minute!

Here's another one:

jotsy  (374 posts)        Thu Jan-21-10 03:13 PM
Original message http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=226x7516
Seeking input from those with legal expertise for an answer to a question
 Is there any legal precedence for impeaching a supreme court? Can the lower courts do something like this?  

MercutioATC  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jan-21-10 03:16 PM
Response to Original message
2. Is this prompted by the recent SCOTUS decision?
 You may not like the ramifications, but the ruling is a solid interpretation of existing law.

The Judiciary doesn't write the laws. If you want a different view of corporate personhood, you have to rewrite the law.

jotsy  (374 posts)        Thu Jan-21-10 03:26 PM
Response to Reply #2
4. Yes.  
 Seeking legal remedy to me is preferable to an unhinged response of the volatile masses. I don't want bloodshed but know that this democracy as a working model doesn't seem to live up to the expectations of its theoretical design.

lynne (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 04:29 PM
Response to Original message
5. Yes, it can be done if you can prove Treason, Bribery, High Crimes or Misdemeanors -
 - Not liking a ruling won't cut it as a reason for impeachment.

 

jotsy  (374 posts)        Thu Jan-21-10 05:40 PM
Response to Reply #5
8. The state of the citizenry and the question of further peril goes well beyond what I don't like.
 I have no expertise with regard to legalities and details of undoing unprincipled government mechanisms, that is why I posed the question. I could go over your list, I wouldn't expect you'd have a positive response to any of my positions based on the manner of your response.

As for bribery, with the judicial branch now undergoing the electorate process in some states, counties and other local governments (like mine), I see the same institutionalized bribery that is so pervasive in congress selling what ever the corporatocracy sees as justice.

As for the other 3, look no further than Bush v. Gore.

 

[GOBUCKS]

cali  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jan-21-10 05:16 PM
Response to Original message
12. I call for an end to political fantasies being posted on DU!!!!!!!!!!

NOOOOO!!!! That would be the end of the DUmp!

[The Village Idiot]

What a week: Scott Brown; Pelosi admitting she doesn't have the votes for Obamcare; the demise of Air America and now this.


Looks like the NYT jumped the gunSylvia Browne eat your heart out.

I would say the NY Times was wrong

[jukin]

I read some liberal crybaby was starting a fund to overturn the decision.  Or maybe this is just a smart entrepreneur ready to remove a Dummy from their welfare payment.

[delilahmused]

ima_sinnic  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jan-21-10 10:02 PM
Response to Reply #2
5. what begins that process? don't we need some lawyers or something? or Congresspeople?

I'm thinking if you're that stupid, reading the constitution isn't going to help at all.

Cindie

[miskie]

I read some liberal crybaby was starting a fund to overturn the decision.  Or maybe this is just a smart entrepreneur ready to remove a Dummy from their welfare payment.

And where are they going to go to overturn that decision ? The Justice League ?

[whiffleball]

Time for a DU fundraiser!!

Donate or lose access to smilies and bolded words!

It's almost the cutesy Heart donation time anyway.  Skinner may have to move things up a bit.

[The Village Idiot]

And where are they going to go to overturn that decision ? The Justice League ?

still can't make those idiots cool

[Duke Nukum]

Cleita  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jan-21-10 05:31 PM
Response to Reply #6
20. What they have done is marry corporations and the government, which is
 fascism and flies in the face of the type of government that our Constitution set up as a democratic republic. If I remember correctly we went to war in 1941 to fight Hitler's Nazis, Mussolini's Fascists and Emperor Hirohito's Imperialism. We did it to preserve democracy and to protect our Constitution. If the very judges who have sworn to uphold the Constitution have done the opposite, it seems like treason to me.

Are you talking about Obama's takover of Chrysler and GM? Or the banking industry?  Or his currently abortive attempt to take over the health care industry?

Are you advocating impeaching Obama now?