In ruthie's world, the whim of a judge trumps the "Will of the People."
Posted on 09/17/2014 10:26:41 PM PDT by right-wing agnostic
Tonight in a public question-and-answer session at the University of Minnesota Law School, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the Court did not need to rush into the question of same-sex marriage because the lower courts had not yet disagreed on the issue.
Asked whether she thought the Court might take the issue up this Term, Justice Ginsburg noted that all three appellate courts to address the issue so far (the Fourth, Seventh, and Tenth) have struck down state laws limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples. She added that we are still awaiting a decision from the Sixth Circuit, which has been considering a same-sex marriage claim since oral argument on August 6. “Sooner or later,” she predicted, the Court will decide the issue. But given that there is no disagreement so far, she concluded, there is “no urgency” for the Court to take it right now. This suggests that–until there’s a circuit split–Justice Ginsburg won’t vote to grant a same-sex marriage petition this Term.
The Court is due to consider seven pending cert petitions on the issue at its conference on September 29. Given her recent comments that the Court would not “duck” the issue of same-sex marriage, it had seemed likely that she would be among those on the Court supporting review now. She is only one vote, of course: four of the remaining eight Justices could still opt to take one or more of the petitions at the September 29 or a subsequent conference.
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It is too sharp a political axe. If the SC decides to ignore the voters and legislatures and declare it legal it is off the table for the democrats. They need the power the issue gives them.
If they do take it up, no question that Ruth will vote to impose 50,#state homosexual marriage on the country.
We saw last year that there are five votes in favor of homosexual marriage on the Supreme Court. The only question really is whether they will go for a sweeping ruling imposing it on all 50 states in one fell swoop.
Translation: Married men, start shopping for your second and third wives before there’s a big rush. LOL
Her new world order masters have instructed SCOTUS to wait a few years before imposing it on the sheeple.
Her arrogance is stunning.
Essentially, she is saying, “If the lower courts are all in agreement, we will let those black robe tyrants impose gay marriage on all circuits piece by piece, and if that does not work, Roberts, Kagan, Breyer, Kennedy, Sotomayor and I will impose it on All Of You! And in that process we will have no regard for the First Amendment Rights of Christians.”
There will be no freedom of religion for Christians, and there will be no Due Process or Equal Protection for Christians.
Do you recall anywhere in the MSM that would have used that term for real marriages?
Do you recall anywhere in the MSM that would have used that term for real marriages just 10 years ago?
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