April 20, 2005

DeLay Calls Justice Kennedy 'Outrageous'

The House Judiciary Committee is reviewing the activities of justices on the Supreme Court and in other circuits to determine whether they have overstepped their authority and must be reined in, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay told FOX News Radio's Tony Snow on Tuesday.

On that list for review is Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, DeLay said, calling the judge's written decisions "outrageous."

"We've got Justice Kennedy writing decisions based upon international law, not the Constitution of the United States. That's just outrageous, and not only that, he said in session that he does his own research on the Internet. That is just incredibly outrageous," DeLay said in the interview.

DeLay said he and other members of Congress have just begun using the long-held authority vested in them by the Constitution to conduct judicial review.
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The House has no authority to determine which judges are confirmed for lifetime appointments to the federal bench. But impeachment proceedings do begin in the House.

DeLay said the Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on the clause in the Constitution that says "judges can serve as long as they serve with good behavior."

(Note, there's no Constitutional provision for life terms!)
Whoo-ee! Tom DeLay rocks!
He takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'!
He's exactly right, too, and I think impeachment proceedings should go forward on Justice Kennedy for his application of "foreign laws."
Ruth Bader Ginsburgh should be monitored, as she, too, has publicly endorsed the use of foreign law to decide American cases.
(Can we look at the rolling back of Marbury vs. Madison, which gives the USSC its Constitutional purview, while we're at it?)
There are some today who think the charge that Kennedy is doing his legal research on the net No Big Deal, but it's not worthy of one of our nation's highest jurists;
he has plenty of legal clerks for that and what's he doing, Googling for those foreign cases?
It also depends on whether he's doing Lexis/Nexis searches or hanging out in chat rooms like DUh.com and Smirking Chimp!
Perhaps, like the College of Cardinals during their papal conclave, he and all the other SCOTUS justices should be barred from using all communication devices like computers while they decide cases.