Presidential candidates always lobby to the base. Take as a recent example GOP contender Newt Gingrich, who has set his sights on judges and courts that disagree with his idiosyncratic views of America, declaring that he wants to go after those judges whom he sees as “activists,” as well as the judiciary in general.
Gingrich proposes that Congress subpoena judges who make questionable or unpopular rulings and demand that they explain themselves, presumably under oath. And if a particular offending judge ignores such a subpoena and tosses it in the trash because of its encroachment on third-branch sovereignty, the executive branch (presumably, President Gingrich) has the U.S. Marshals Service arrest the errant judge to compel his appearance.
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