GOP Lawmakers Didn't Like the State's Top Court Ruling on Gerrymandering So They're Trying to Impeac

[TexasTowelie]

GOP Lawmakers Didn't Like the State's Top Court Ruling on Gerrymandering So They're Trying to Impeach the Justices

Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania didn't like that their state supreme court ruled their gerrymandered districts are unconstitutional, so they appealed to a higher authority: the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Samuel Alito on Monday refused to consider the lawmakers' request to block the state supreme court's ruling. Confronted with having to create new, non-gerrymandered districts that, if done fairly and correctly, will likely cost Republicans several seats in the U.S. House of Representatives this November, they decided to take a different approach: impeach the five Democratic state supreme court justices whose ruling they didn't like.

Leading the charge is Republican state Rep. Cris Dush (photo), according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia attorney Adam Bonin posted Dush's memo that was mentioned in the Inquirer, announcing legislation to impeach the state supreme court justices for "misbehavior in office."

Dush claims to be a "constitutionalist," according to the vote tracking website Ballotpedia, which quotes him saying, "I believe the founders, as a group, understood human nature relative to governance in a way that has been unique in human history. The Constitution of the United States was written to address the tendency of those in power to seek to draw it unto themselves, and provided means to prevent it."

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday clearly agreed, which is why they refused to break centuries of judicial precedent that goes back as far as Marbury v. Madison.

Read more: http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/gop_lawmakers_move_to_impeach_justices_after_scotus_refuses_to_block_pennsylvania_supreme_court_gerrymander_ruling

[Adsos Letter]

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Dush claims to be a "constitutionalist," according to the vote tracking website Ballotpedia, which quotes him saying, "I believe the founders, as a group, understood human nature relative to governance in a way that has been unique in human history. The Constitution of the United States was written to address the tendency of those in power to seek to draw it unto themselves, and provided means to prevent it."

I wonder if this guy has any sense of irony?

[RandySF]

2. Dush is so far the only one to take this up.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Has anyone nicknamed him "tush" (yiddish-tuchus) yet?

If not it is long overdue.

He needs to take a field trip to Phila and get a refresher course on US History and the Founding Fathers.

[appleannie1943]

5. You and I think alike.

I posted the post beneath yours at the same time you posted yours and they both came up at the same time.

[BigmanPigman]

7. We wrote is at the same time too...great minds

and great timing.

[appleannie1943]

4. I hope Dush falls flat on his tush over this.

[FakeNoose]

6. We've got a SCOTUS ruling already, stop wasting time Repukes!

Time to cough it up. Hand over the secret data now.