Chris Christie slams Supreme Court as ‘out of control’ over affordable housing ruling
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie today sounded off against one his favorite targets, calling the state Supreme Court “outrageous” and “out of control” for ordering his administration to come up with a new plan for affordable housing in the state’s cities and suburbs.
“Our folks are consulting with outside consultants to work on the drafting of new rules,” Christie said at a Statehouse news conference.
“What I’ll tell you is I think it’s outrageous. I think the whole thing is outrageous. I think the fact that a court thinks that it’s within their purview to order an executive branch operation to actually go through a rule-making procedure is outrageous. And it’s why the Supreme Court is so out of control.”
In September, the high court gave the state five months to write regulations to increase the minimum number of affordable-housing units towns must build for their poorest residents. The Republican governor and a group of mayors wanted more flexibility. (Portnoy/Star-Ledger)
Gently does it Gov.
Courts should strictly view their cases based upon the law and not impose their liberal agenda on the rest of us.
This is the same supreme court that let cop killer Thomas Trantino walk the streets.
He was originally sentenced to the electric chair for the brutal murder of 2 Lodi policeman. When the death penalty was abolished, his sentence was changed to ‘life’ in prison. The NJ supreme court thought it was more important to let Trantino out of prison instead of the lives of 2 dedicated police officers who were executed by this piece of $hit.
So their credibility is ZERO.