Lincoln quote & Newt solution

Here is a quote that would serve us all well:

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough ~
Abraham Lincoln

I use this quote to highlight one of the Legislative Proposals in the New Contract with America since this proposal highlights the other side of the abuses that the Citizens of the America have had to endure for quite a while.  Lincoln highlights one side, Newt highlights the other.

Here is the full length version from Newt.org:

9. Restore the proper role of the judicial branch by using the clearly delineated powers available to the president and Congress to correct, limit, or replace judges who violate the Constitution.

In the last half-century, a political and activist judiciary has stepped far beyond its proper boundaries.
The time has come to reestablish a balance among the three branches of government according to the Constitution.

Article I of the Constitution covers the legislative branch, because the Founding Fathers thought it would be closest to the people and therefore the strongest branch.

Article II concerns the Executive Branch because the Founding Fathers had lived through an eight-year war with the British Empire and knew there were times when there would have to be a strong executive and a competent Commander-in-Chief implementing the law and defending the nation.

The Judicial Branch did not come until Article III because the Founders wanted it to be the weakest of the three branches.  The Federalist Papers explicitly recognized that the Judicial Branch would be weaker than the Legislative and Executive Branches. In Federalist 78, Alexander Hamilton wrote reassuringly that the Judicial Branch would lose any confrontation with the two elected branches:


“the judiciary is beyond comparison the weakest of the three departments of power; that it can never attack with success either of the other two.” 

The Founding Fathers felt strongly about limiting the power of judges because they had dealt with tyrannical and dictatorial British judges.

In fact, reforming the judiciary was second only to “no taxation without representation” in the American colonists’ complaints about the British Empire prior to the revolution. A number of the complaints in the Declaration of Independence relate to judges dictatorial and illegal behavior.

Since the New Deal of the 1930s, however, the power of the American judiciary has increased exponentially at the expense of elected representatives of the people in the other two branches. The judiciary began to act on the premise of “judicial supremacy,” where courts not only review laws, but also actively seek to modify and create new law from the bench. The result is that courts have become more politicized, intervening in areas of American life never before imaginable.

There are clear legislative and executive remedies for courts and judges that violate their oath of office, act beyond the judicial power, or otherwise act in a manner that violates the Constitution, and these remedies have been used in the past.

For example, Thomas Jefferson and the new Congress abolished over half the federal judgeships and reorganized the federal judiciary with their repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801 and their passage of the Judiciary Act of 1802. Congress also has the power under Article III of the Constitution to regulate the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and other federal courts.

I look forward to having a national conversation about a bill that will establish a constitutional framework for reigning in lawless judges, reestablishing a Constitutional balance among the three branches, and bringing the Courts back under the Constitution.

~ Newt Gingrich's 21st Century Contract with America (excerpt)

Newt speaking in Dawsonville- Best speech yet

Excuse the sound, for some reason it is very low.  I have my speakers cranked and can barely hear it, had to use headphones.

I was able to go to the speech and listen as well as take pictures (which are posted previous to this posting).  This has to be his best speech yet that I've heard.

This speech, as usual, was another learning experience.  Therefore, when I say his best speech yet it is due to the amount of learning one can get from the speech.

When one listens to Newt one hears someone much different than who the dumbMass media portrays.

He is a man that knows Why this country was created, What it was supposed to be, and How it was supposed to function... the other candidates only know the When & Where.

Newt knows where we want to go as a Nation, he almost had us there.  Time to right that wrong.

The highlights for me besides meeting him again were some of the lessons he taught us that day.

He described that at an early age, in high school, he became interested in his Civic responsibilities.  He often pondered upon topics that he found key to helping America- How to make America successful, How to get people to support making America successful, & How to implement it.

He also stated that we will find his campaign to be different than most, as he quipped "we haven't gotten to the Slogan phase of the campaign yet, I thought we'd start with the Solutions phase first".

I don't want to spoil the entire speech for you but I must point out that this is what truly differentiates the man from the rest:

-when he became speaker there was a $2.7 Trillion deficit, when he left there was a $2.2 Trillion surplus
-when he became speaker CBO projected 56% debt to GDP ratio, when he left they projected it would goto 12%, now its almost 70%
-only candidate that has reformed an entitlement program, Welfare
-only candidate that passed a National tax cut
-only candidate that created an environment where +11 million jobs were created
-only candidate or Speaker who ever balanced the Nations budget
-Newt actually makes a Contract with America

I hope you enjoy the speech, more importantly that you see Newt as the candidate who knows the Why, What, and How of this country... not just the When & Where.

 Given to a staff member to give to Newt Gingrich.  She must have colored it during his speech.  If you can't read what she wrote here it is: "God bless you Mr. Gingrich"

Newt Web ad for Contract with America

Short yet spot on!