PIML 96061702 / Forwarded to Patriot Information Mailing List: [Patty says thumbs down for lawyers.] PIML ================================================================== Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 09:31:29 -0400 (EDT) To: Bill Utterback From: Patricia Neill Subject: Re: PIML 96061404 - Fire Unconstitutionalist Supreme Court Judges >You have written a common misconception about the Supreme Court. >"The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold >their Offices DURING GOOD BEHAVIOR . . ." (Article III, Section 1) >Any time Supreme Court judges fail to maintain good behavior, such >as making judgements obviously contrary to the Constitution, they >can be impeached by the House, then tried and removed from office >by the Senate. All we need is 26% of the House and 2/3 of the >Senators present (minimum of 51 present for a quorum) who are >patriots to fire a Supreme Court judge. That is a simple majority >of a minimum quorum in the House. The 26% figure assumes a >lengthy session in which the other Representatives leave one by >one until a mimimum quorum of those in on the plan remains. The >hard part is getting an impeachment from the House. After that is >accomplished there must be a trial in the Senate. Hey Bill--you probably know this stuff, but here's my 2 cents: Good point about "good behavior" and the judgments contrary to the Constitution. But look at how many Supreme Court Justices have been impeached: 8 in 200 years of flagrant and abusive contrariness to the Constitution. Worse than that: many Supreme Court justices have been downright thieves, on the take of the mob, etc. And we CAN'T seem to get them impeached, now, can we, even when we send in petitions. Wanna know why? Because we have and have always had a majority of LAWYERS in the House, which impeaches, and a majority of LAWYERS in the Senate, which tries the impeachment. And the Justices, of course, are LAWYERS. And we can't seem to get these foxes to discipline other bad foxes when they've been whoring around in the hen house. Because there is no separation of powers when lawyers are in every branch of the government. Solution: NEVER VOTE FOR A LAWYER FOR CONGRESS. As "officers of the court," as "judicial officers," lawyers belong in only ONE branch of our government--the judicial branch. If they are elected or appointed to either of the other branches of the government, it violates the supreme and basic principle of our government: the separation of powers. All best, Patty ================================================================== * Patriot Information Mailing List * http://constitution.org/piml/piml.htm * A service to help inform those who have an active interest in * returning our federal and state governments to limited, * constitutional government * Send messages for consideration and possible posting to * butterb@sagenet.net (Bill Utterback). * To subscribe or unsubscribe, send message with subject line * "subscribe patriot" or "unsubscribe patriot" * Forwarded messages sent on this mailing list are NOT verified. * See World's Smallest Political Quiz: www.self-gov.org/quiz.html * Libertarian is to LIBERTY as librarian is to library (DePena) * PIML grants permission to copy and repost this message * in its entirety with headers and trailers left intact.