Impeach the Justices

The liberals assault on the Supreme Court continues, today as seen in this article by David Row.

The problem with the current court is not merely that there is a good chance it will strike down a clearly constitutional law. The problem is that this decision would be the latest salvo in what seems to be a sustained effort on the part of the Roberts Court to return the country to the Gilded Age.

No, Mr. Row, the problem is that an increasing majority of the American people see the Affordable Healthcare and Patient Protection Act as an overreaching violation in direct violation of the Constitution. We don't agree that it is clearly constitutional, indeed, we maintain that it is plainly unconstitutional.

Further, many of us maintain that mush of what passes for the legislation since FDR is plainly unconstitutional, and that Justice Owen Robert got it wrong when he caved to Roosevelt. President Obama is using some of the same tactics as FDR in trying to intimidate the judiciary, and that's just wrong. We don't live in a democracy; we live in a Republic (if we can keep it) and the job of the Supreme Court is to rule on those issues that most affect the Constitution. Their job is to moderate the national conversation and to make sure that what we're doing is consistent with the founding principles of this nation and the mores of the people.

Supreme Court Justices have long been controversial. I remember, as a child, seeing Impeach Earl Warren billboards in the segregationist Deep South where I was raised. I might remind my Democrat friends that most of the deep seated animosity against the Court in those days came from the Democratic Party as well. They were wrong then, and they're wrong now. At least in those days they had the good sense to wait until the Court had ruled before calling for impeachment.

The Obamacare suit proceeds apace. It's been submitted and a divided nation awaits the outcome of the nine Justices. Let's wait until they rule before we begin a verbal assault on them. I'm sure that however they decide, half of us will think that they are wrong.

Hat tip: Instapundit.