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December 19, 2011

Newt Gingrich: Judges Should Defend Unpopular Decisions Before Congressional Hearings 
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Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is continuing to attack the judicial
system. During an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation," the former
Speaker of the House said he would force judges to defend unpopular
decisions before Congressional hearings. He was asked about his views by
CBS's Bob Schieffer.

Bob Schieffer, Host of "Face the Nation": One of the things you say is
that if you don’t like what a court has done, that Congress should
subpoena the judge and bring him before Congress and hold a
Congressional hearing … how would you enforce that? Would you send the
Capitol Police down to arrest him?

Newt Gingrich: “Sure. If you had to. Or you’d instruct the Justice
Department to send a U.S. Marshal.”



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