Louie Gohmert: “the concern about the Constitution is certainly worthwhile, but when it says very clearly Article III, section 2, that…”

“the concern about the Constitution is certainly worthwhile, but when it says very clearly Article III, section 2, that in all other cases except those specified or mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall make, it also allows us to set the jurisdictions of the local courts. So, clearly, this is something that is constitutional to take up. As an old judge and a former chief justice of an appellate court, those things are important to us. Our friend from New York indicated that it seems like some of us do not have much faith in the Supreme Court, and he is right, some of us do not. I would submit to you that while they are lingering under this infirmity or disability of being prepositionally challenged, that this is a good issue to take up and to remove jurisdiction on. For example, in the 10th amendment it says all the things not specified are reserved to the States and to the people. The Supreme Court seems to think that means reserved from the States and from the people. They are prepositionally challenged. They think freedom of religion means freedom from religion. There is so much rewriting of history, the separation of church and state. It is not in the Constitution.…”