Newt Gingrich: I would ignore supreme court as president

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Newt Gingrich: I would ignore supreme court as president

Republican presidential candidate would order military to defy judges’ ruling extending legal rights to terror suspectsNewt Gingrich has pledged that on his first day as president he will set up a constitutional showdown by ordering the military to defy a supreme court ruling extending some legal rights to foreign terrorism suspects and captured enemy combatants in US custody. The Republican contender told a forum of anti-abortion activists ahead of South Carolina’s primary election that as president he would ignore supreme court rulings he regards as legally flawed.