Not that we needed more poof, but this day's momentous events have really shown what a colossal piece of shit Ted Cruz is. We're all well aware of his "darkest 24-hours in American history" garbage on Sean Hannity's radio show, but he didn't stop there, oh no. No, Teddy has an answer for those dastardly, gay-loving traitors on the Supreme Court and while it's not forcing them to go on Obamacare or getting rid of them completely, it is, um, interesting. And by interesting, I mean utterly ridiculous:
After calling the last day "some of the darkest 24 hours in our nation's history," Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is now calling for Supreme Court justices to face elections.
Say
what?! Please, Ted, an explanation is in order. And the
National Review (of course) was eager to give him the chance to tell it:
"Both decisions were judicial activism, plain and simple," Cruz writes. "Both were lawless."
To challenge that "judicial activism," Cruz said he is proposing a constitutional amendment to require Supreme Court justices to face retention elections every eight years.
"The decisions that have deformed our constitutional order and have debased our culture are but symptoms of the disease of liberal judicial activism that has infected our judiciary," Cruz writes. "A remedy is needed that will restore health to the sick man in our constitutional system. Rendering the justices directly accountable to the people would provide such a remedy."
And how would Teddy go about this notion? Well, he's a smart guy, so he provides details:
Under Cruz's proposed amendment, justices would have to be approved by a majority of American voters as well as by the majority of voters in least half of the states. If they failed to reach the required approval rating, they would be removed from office and barred from serving on the Supreme Court in the future.
Yeah, that system doesn't have any potential for massive disaster. Really, nicely done, Teddy. Absolutely foolproof.
Of course Cruz's plan has absolutely no chance of going anywhere, no more than Scott Walker's newly proposed amendment to ban gay marriage (stop stealing from David Vitter, you unoriginal hack!). But it is worth highlighting to show just how much this ruling has scrambled their brains on the right. Or, just how far Cruz and his fellow 2016 wannabes will go to pander to the increasingly crazed anti-gay diehards on the right.
Oh, and if you think electing Supreme Court justices is a promising idea, let me remind you; that's how Alabama got Roy Moore. Twice.