IF a Federal Judge is allowed to make such decisions...Where does it stop? If Congress declares war and some federal judge doesn’t like it...If the EPA decides to mandate CAFE standards for tanks and some judge finds a low mpg tank in his/her jurisdiction can they make the whole Army switch to Prius tanks?
This is just so far out of line...
If gays want to make change - or anybody - there is a process and it needs to be followed. Otherwise we no longer have the Rule of Law. We have mob rule, we have anarchy, we have tyranny, or something other than the Constitutional Republic our forefathers left us.
It’s time like these when I look at the ‘good behavior’ clause in the constitution and think that judges who do this should be immediately disbarred and removed from their bench. If the President (hahahah) or the Congress want to limit the damage done by the courts, there is the power to disband them, limit their jurisdictions, remove judges and to maintain the sanctity of the Constitution and the Rule of Law. When I see this and I see no action being taken, I see this kind of abnegation of their responsibity as an acceptance of this kind of tyranny.
It cannot be accepted.
If Phillips or any other judge has the "authority" to order action from the Defense Department worldwide, she could for that matter order DOD to cease all military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan because of their status as "undeclared" wars.
This is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
ONLY the CONGRESS has the power to quote:
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
Per Section 8.....................