Gingrich Criticizes Federal Judicial System

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Picking up where he left off in Thursday's Republican presidential candidates debate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Saturday continued to rail against the federal judicial system, accusing it of overstepping its constitutional role and saying the president and Congress can ignore court decisions.

"The courts are too aggressive, and the courts have been trying to impose an elitist value system on a country that's inherently not elitist," he said in a conference call with reporters.

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Gingrich Criticizes Federal Judicial System

"The Founding Fathers were very distrustful of judges, saw them as an elite instrument of government designed to oppress the people. And as a result, [they] consciously made the judicial branch the third b...

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