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Sadly, judges like George Greer believe they are immune altogether from any sort of reproach for their actions. It is true that largely our system is designed to foster such a belief but, when an errant judge like Greer oversteps the bounds of decency and the law, for the sake of civil society and the rule of law, he must be stripped of his power. Under a republican form of government, judges, government officials and citizens alike are not free to pick to pick who lives or who dies at will. All must be subjects of, and subject to, the rule of law.

The real tragedy is that Greer's behavior relative to his colleagues isn't significantly noteworthy. Sadly, his form of judicial activism is rampant -- judges across the country thwart the will of the people and the democratic process in pursuit of an extremist insular leftist agenda. Euthanasia, gay-marriage, radical secularism, ending capital punishment, flag burning etc. -- these and other policies rejected by the public at large are frequently imposed by this powerful minority. And, to add insult to injury, they often cloak their agenda in constitutional legalese. But, when asked to identify actual text in the U.S. Constitution or in their state constitutions that support these extremist policies, tellingly they cannot.

As Alexander Hamilton noted in 1788, impeachment is appropriate for "those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust. They are of a nature which may with peculiar propriety be denominated POLITICAL, as they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself."

But to hear those in the media and in academia, impeachment is an extreme solution to a minor problem. Our founding fathers would not agree. And the evidence is there for all to see.

You see, the first official impeached under the U.S. Constitution and actually convicted -- John Pickering of New Hampshire in 1804 -- was a judge. The charges against him were unlawful rulings and drunkenness. Since 1787, 11 of the 16 federal officials impeached have been judges. Every single impeached federal official convicted by the Senate and removed from office has been a judge.

Our founding fathers understood the importance of holding judges accountable and in the case of Terri Schiavo, remembering that lesson can be the difference between life and death.

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