Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Re: You Have to be Kidding Me    [E.M. Zanotti]

Along with his assurances that he will amend the Constitution to eliminate birthright citizenship, he seems to be promising that he'll force the Supreme Court to decide on the issue. 

 Huckabee, who won last week's Republican Iowa caucuses, promised Minuteman Project founder James Gilchrist that he would force a test case to the Supreme Court to challenge birthright citizenship...

For someone who counts Justice Scalia as his "own personal hero on the Court" and who believes that the purpose of the judiciary is not to "make law but properly apply it," Huckabee is treading into dangerous territory with his apparent understanding of Presidential powers and the role of the judiciary. The Supreme Court will certainly be surprised when they get the memo from President Huckabee ordering them to hear a case on a Constitutional issue.

That would be an interesting explanation, though, as well...

01/08 11:48 AMShare