Newt Gingrich Wins South Carolina Primary

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/newt-gingrich-wins-south-carolina-primary/2012/01/21/gIQAKTxBHQ_story.html

So, it's one less win for Romney, but while they're going to Florida for the next primaries, things like this make me cringe a little bit, as he did mention something like this in his closing remarks...

Gingrich: 'I will arrest judges who give controversial decisions'

while I agree that the judiciary branch of the government has amassed too large of a portion of power and that it's overly complicated with "judicial review"

I disagree entirely with the motive and the practicality...

I read this and my first thought was:

"Aren't 5 of the 9 justices extremely conservative in their views and weren't those same justices put to the bench by conservative presidents."

Its kind of Men vs. Women+Breyer right now. Four justices always seem to vote one way while the other five lean to the right so good ol Newt should have nothing to worry about.

To bad he cant win the general election.

I don't know that they have an inordinate amount of power these days. I think most people don't truly understand the roles of each branch. And remember, some stories are talking about Federal, State, Supreme, Appellate, District, etc. etc. So it's not THE Supreme Court in all these stories making decision after decision after decision.

Also, for comparison, the Supreme Court challenged existing federal law regarding Native American property rights and the B.U.S. Challenged de jure segregation. Challenged treatied fishing rights for N.A.'s. Challenged the instruction of evolution in public schools. Challenged legal abortion. Hell, even the appointment of the Executive. In all of these, I'm sure that those who disagreed with the final decision railed about how the courts had too much power.

Plain and simple, Section VI of the Constitution lays out the Constitution as the supreme law of the land and binds all judiciaries to the defense of it. Interpret that how you will.
In fact, that defense of the Constitution can mean different things at different times; Plessy v. Ferguson and later Brown v. Board of Edu.

If anything, I would argue that all 3 branches have more power. And, exacerbating that fact, we seem to be in a hyper-partisan era at the moment, which it seems is affecting the decisions handed down by judges and the reception by politicians.

But I wouldn't say that the judiciary has an inordinate amount of power.

Should just consolidate all the power to the executive branch and be done with it all.