president some conservative leaders are now openly expressing concern about his candidacy not all he is proposing. what else would gingrich do as president? shepard, he says there are plenty of options including completely abolishing some courts all together. conservatives routinely object to decisions, for instance, out of left leaning ninth circuit which covers much of the western u.s. gingrich won t rule out wiping out courts he thinks are too far out of the mainstream if he becomes president, shep. shepard: how are the critics responding to this plan? well, the interesting thing is that most conservatives say they do agree with gingrich that judicial ache tism is a growing problem. many have objections to his specific plans. one camp because they say he has misread the constitution and federalist papers. some say his solutions are unworkable. that includes ed from the policy center. newt gingrich is instead