WASHINGTON, March 19, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new bill being proposed by 12 Republican congressmen seeks to allow congress the ability to veto the Supreme Court. The congressmen are worried primarily about judicial activism that could overturn the partial birth abortion ban, and bring in homosexual marriage legislation. The bill, introduced by Rep. Ron Lewis, R-Ky, proposes that if a two-thirds majority in both Congress and the Senate voted in opposition to a court decision, it would overturn a Supreme Court ruling. Co-sponsor of the bill, Howard Coble, R-6th, told the media-general news service that the bill would not be binding on congress to act in all court decisions that overthrow law. “Just because the Supreme Court has struck down one of our laws does not mean that we would immediately go into action. We have the right to challenge the president when the president vetoes our legislation. I think it’s reasonable that we have the right to challenge the court,” he said. Co-sponsor Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va said that the bill “will have a helpful effect because it may stem some of the recent judicial over-activism that we have seen.” Goode referred to rulings by federal judges that overturned the partial-birth abortion ban.
“Activist judges are becoming more emboldened and the public should have the ability to rein them in,” Lewis stated. Despite the fact that co-sponsors have little hope that the bill will succeed, Goode said “I think just having the bill pending will send the message to the court.” Read related LifeSiteNews.com coverage “Judicial Activism Rampant In U.S. Partial-Birth Abortion Challenges” at: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/1998/jul/98070204.html