What is it with the Supreme Court? They’ve been trouble ever since Marbury v. Madison where Chief Justice John Marshall ruled in 1801 quote: “We, the most Supreme Court of this land and any land hence forth discovered, have infinite power over all things, and shall never be questioned. NEVER!”
Now the court has made a few more wacky decisions, making our about three page Constitution even more meaningless. It’s time that the Supreme Court had a few more check and balances, I say.
My proposal is to add a “Men with Bats” division to the Executive Branch. Then, if the President doesn’t like a Supreme Court’s decision, he can send his Men with Bats to see if they can change the Court’s mind. The idea here is, if the Supreme Court makes an unpopular decision based on real principles, they should be willing to take a trashing for it.
Of course, there will be checks against the Men with Bats. Any beating of the Supreme Court judges can be stopped with a two-thirds super majority vote in Congress. Also, the President has the voters to answer to, who may become upset if he orders the beating of the Supreme Court judges too much (or too little).
I defy anyone to find any flaws in my new idea.
FIRST!
It may take a while to warm up the congress to beating the justices. I believe maybe I could make a speech, reminding them that the SC does not actually follow the laws that the congress writes. That may help. The president being in his second term, he does not really have to worry about the voters. I would be upset if he went light on the SC after all of this nonsense. I guess the Californians dont count in the 2/3 majority vote, since I dont think bats are legal in that state anymore.
D’accord?
Where do I sign up to be a part of “men with bats”? I’ll even provide my own bat.
“Men With Bats”?
Didn’t they sing “Safety Dance”?
I wanna sign up to give it a swing
The court reflects the opinion of the intellectual class in our society. If we want to change that we have to win on that level.
That they are nuts is a given, so are most of the elites in our society.
One thing I have learned over the past 12 years is this. That it is not by winning the seats of authority that we will effect change.
Look at the congress, all Republicans, all unwilling to make the changes necessary. Unwilling to scale back government. Yes, Bush is right to attack Iraq, etc. But let’s be very blunt, OK? He had 8 months in office when 9/11 happened. It’s not like he had been sworn in the day before. And it’s not like the borders have been tightened up even a little bit since.
Look at how much bitching and whining is going on over this war. And this over a war involved in getting rid of a half assed army when an attack was perpetrated on American soil! Imagine what we would do if China attacked Taiwan – that is, a modern, fully functioning battlesta- um .. army.
Think we’d jump in with both feet first? Yeah right.
We have to win in the colleges and in the universities. Only then will we be able to make a difference.
-ron
Ya know, this might be a job for the GOON SQUAD!!
Then they could be beaten with bats, and look gay for getting beaten by guys that look like that!
Woo-hoo!
This is known as a win-win in industry and business.
Of course, they would need guidance.
So I propose that FrankJ be made supreme Supreme Court Goon Squad Re-eductaion deployment head.
When Frank is unavailable, the duty will fall to me, of course.
Heh, as long as it’s ok with SarahK.
If not, it should be anyone but Aquaman (where the heck is he, anyway?).
Went long, sorry. (Mmmm….beer)
Works very well for me 🙂
Are bats a check or balance?
Not a bad idea. Privatizing education would be an important step too. That way, a lot of the moonbat socialist agitators, commonly known as “college professors” would have to look for jobs as plummers assistants– something they would take to naturally, and something we would actually want to pay them for.
…but the bat thing is good. Any method of severely punishing the violators of the Constitutional Oath would be a positive step.
Bats should be ballanced so that you can increase your swing speed, preferably a little heavier on the business end.
Reminds me of Blazing Saddles. Can you picture Ruth Bader Ginsberg being pummeled, pausing to look up and say, “have you ever seen such cruelty?”
What exactly was the recent ruling on confiscating property? Just compensation is irrelevant now, or you have to be Wal-Mart to steal an old lady’s house?
Remember, bats don’t hit people, people hit people…and commies…and hippies.
I wanna be on the bat squad. Can I be on the bat squad? P..p..p..p..please?
Liberals would never support it– Rehnquist would probably die from such a beating, and Bush would be the one to appoint his replacement. However, they’d need a supermajority to stop the beatings, and I don’t think they’d have that much support…
The Bat Squad should also be reponsible for beating Senators who filibuster judicial nominees.
McWert, if you read my blog, thanks!
I thought that was what we had Marines for.
Think about it…..Buck the Marine Goes to Court….
Wooden bats or aluminum?
Would I have to wear a BatCape and a BatMask? Those seem awful cheesy or even gay-y to me …. but pummeling LLL spuremes … COUNT ME IN!!!!!
Retribution is shweeeet!
Aluminum bats for the most part because they make a nice sound when hitting skulls, but if you have to use a wooden bat make sure you put a nail through it.
reminds me of Dave Barry’s call to replace the State Department with a Department of Two Guys Named Vinnie. Implement both and save billions on litigation and payroll. Both would need a ready supply of bats, but freedom ain’t free.
Goe, likes it.