Not "squishy."
Donald Trump wasn't on the stage at this weekend's RedState gathering, having been
disinvited for being himself, so a handful of the candidates who are badly trailing him in the polls took the opportunity to attempt to make some headlines. What's a better target than the Supreme Court? They
don't want to be seen outright attacking gay people or misbehaving as badly as Trump on women's issues. So the next best thing is attacking the court for its decisions on gay people and women.
Gov. Bobby Jindal (LA) says while he'd really like just to get rid of the court, he'd happily toss six of the current justices:
"Instead of getting rid of the entire Supreme Court what if we got rid of about two-thirds of the Supreme Court.
“I mean there are three justices that got it right," he said. "I wouldn’t mind keeping [Samuel] Alito, [Clarence] Thomas and [Antonio] Scalia. It is the other six I wouldn’t mind getting rid of."
By getting it "right" Jindal means marriage equality and Obamacare. Mike Huckabee
continued his rant on the "judicial tyranny" of the court, and said that he would crack down on them with an executive order to invoke the 5th and 14th amendments to end
Roe v. Wade. Because he has such a deep understanding of the constitution. Sitting Senator Marco Rubio (FL) also
showed his deep knowledge of our system of government, telling RedStaters that "too many Supreme Court justices 'manipulate the Constitution,'" and that he would "appoint justices who simply interpret the document." Because apparently he's capable of reading minds and would just know who to pick.
Then there's Rick Perry, who decided to bring some "Texas tough" to the issue and one-up his rival Ted Cruz, who has completely melted down over the court. Perry wants term limits on justices, because:
“When you are unelected, and you are appointed, the concept of ‘I’m here and there ain’t really nothing you can do about it’ is not really what America is all about,” Perry said.
The real solution is appointing judges who don’t legislate from the bench but rather adhere strictly to the Constitution, Perry said. He highlighted his 2005 appointment of Don Willett to the Texas Supreme Court, adding that Willett would be a strong addition to the high court under the next president.
Which led to this judicial pearl of wisdom: "I don’t do squishy on judges." So there you have it, a slew of would-be Republican presidents just itching to have a major constitutional crisis on their watch.