Jewish Journal  Why Gingrich’s views on federal judiciary are so
terrifying  by Brad A. Greenberg  January 19, 2012 | 4:19 pm
Newt Gingrich at the Personhood USA presidential forum in
Greenville, SC on Jan. 18. Photo by REUTERS/Chris Keane  With
Rick Perry dropping out and endorsing Newt Gingrich, now is
probably a good time to discuss why Newt terrifies me.  All
other political issues aside, Gingrich’s understanding of the
judiciary’s role in the U.S. democracy is appalling. You don’t
need to take Professor Varat’s federal courts class to know that
there’s a problem with the president telling the Supreme Court
justices to suck it when he doesn’t like one of their rulings.
But this basically is what Gingrich has said he will do starting
on Day 1. Here is what he said Monday, via The Guardian:  The
Republican contender told a forum of anti-abortion activists
ahead of South Carolina’s primary election that as president he
would ignore supreme court rulings he regards as legally flawed.
He implied that would a