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Oklahoma gov to keep Ten Commandments monument on Capitol grounds, report says
Fox News ^
| 07.08.2015
| Fox News
Posted on 07/08/2015 7:54:03 AM PDT by dware
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said Tuesday the Ten Commandments monument at the Capitol will stay there despite the state's Supreme Court ruling it violated the Constitution and must be removed.
The Tulsa World reports Fallin and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to reconsider the 7-2 decision that was handed down last week after a challenge from the ACLU of Oklahoma on behalf of three plaintiffs.
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Good to see some push back!
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:54:03 AM PDT
by
dware
To: dware
If it’s true, that’s awesome. We’ll never get our country back until we learn to tell usurping judges to go to hell.
But, admittedly I’m skeptical that the governor will persevere here.
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:56:48 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(Polling: The dark art of .turning a liberal agenda into political reality.)
To: dware
Give them a chance to reconsider.
Start impeachment proceedings against them if they don't. The Supreme Court is supposed to be a co-equal branch, not a superior branch.
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:56:50 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: dware
If I can use a crude expression ,hope not to offend, but Mary Fallin has some balls here.
I read on another thread that she stated that there are three co-equal branches of government - executive, legislative, and judicial. And that the judicial branch is equal, and not superior, not in a position to order the other branches to take action like this.
To: dware
Yeah... I thought about posting a story this morning. Fallin says there are 3 co-equal parts of government. The commandments aren't going any where. Said there will be an amendment to our state constitution taking out the language that the state supreme court twisted. That process will take about a year and nothing is going to change in the mean time. 82% of Oklahoma Citizens agree with her. She also points out that we honor indian heritage and their religious beliefs, and a variety of others.
The ACLU is calling foul. They say she is in contempt of court, yada yada yada. Be interesting to see what happens when they take it to the SCOTUS. But for the foreseeable future.... the monument isn't going anywhere.
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:57:49 AM PDT
by
kjam22
(my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
To: Vigilanteman
According to the founders, the judiciary was supposed to be the weakest branch.
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posted on
07/08/2015 7:57:53 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(Polling: The dark art of .turning a liberal agenda into political reality.)
To: EternalVigilance
Well then instead of meek submission, let the demons seize those monuments and destroy them, like the Taliban and ISIS are doing
Make it a public spectacle
The American people need to see who is dynamiting their culture
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posted on
07/08/2015 8:02:39 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: kjam22
Said there will be an amendment to our state constitution taking out the language that the state supreme court twisted. That process will take about a year and nothing is going to change in the mean time.It would be a lot quicker just to remove these type of issues from their jurisdiction or impeach them outright. They are setting themselves up for a confrontation with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Granted, that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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posted on
07/08/2015 8:03:48 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: dware
It’s high time the states in this union started telling its central oppressive government that this nonsense has to stop.
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posted on
07/08/2015 8:04:05 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Dilbert San Diego
Like!
I wish fr had a like button ;)
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posted on
07/08/2015 8:04:50 AM PDT
by
Principled
(...the Supreme Court of the United States favors some laws over others...)
To: Vigilanteman
Agree..... a couple of state reps are talking about impeaching all 7 that voted to remove the monument.
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posted on
07/08/2015 8:04:55 AM PDT
by
kjam22
(my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
To: dware
There may be a simple way to get around this. Put up the Code of Hammurabi, see which laws people would rather live under. The Hammurabi Code is really whacked.
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posted on
07/08/2015 8:05:30 AM PDT
by
DaxtonBrown
(http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
To: dware
Let’s see... 7 justices said the monument had to go, so let them go down there and do it.
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posted on
07/08/2015 8:06:13 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Principled
Upvote, like, something...
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posted on
07/08/2015 8:06:53 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: DaxtonBrown
Or the leftist “law” -
“Do what thou will shall be the whole of the law”
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posted on
07/08/2015 8:07:27 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Dilbert San Diego
I read on another thread that she stated that there are three co-equal branches of government - executive, legislative, and judicial. And that the judicial branch is equal, and not superior, not in a position to order the other branches to take action like this.Wow - she actually listened in her Civics class? (BTW - I don't think they even teach Civics anymore in publik skools.)
I concur with the other one who replied to this - I wish there was a "Like" button. :-)
To: Principled; Jim Robinson
[I wish fr had a like button ;)]
Good idea!
To: stars & stripes forever
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posted on
07/08/2015 8:10:45 AM PDT
by
kjam22
(my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
To: MrB
Bingo. Aleister Crowley is their idol.
To: dware
Good to see some push back! It only makes sense to maintain the status quo since the appeals process is not over.
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