Newt Gingrich and the Role of Courts

We in the consumer law world sometimes call on the courts to enforce and interpret the law. In case you were wondering, the courts in a Gingrich Administration would not be a favored Branch. His Administration would ignore the Supreme Court on decisions about national security, and, if he didn't like the way a particular court of appeals decided issues, he'd try to defund it (no law clerks, no electricity in the court house are the examples he gives) so that it wouldn't get in his way. Read and watch here, here, and here.