Posted on 06/26/2015 9:06:20 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
"But this Court is not a legislature. Whether same-sex marriage is a good idea should be of no concern to us. Under the Constitution, judges have power to say what the law is, not what it should be. The people who ratified the Constitution authorized courts to exercise “neither force nor will but merely judgment.” Although the policy arguments for extending marriage to same-sex couples may be compelling, the legal arguments for requiring such an extension are not. The fundamental right to marry does not include a right to make a State change its definition of marriage. And a State’s decision to maintain the meaning of marriage that has persisted in every culture throughout human history can hardly be called irrational. In short, our Constitution does not enact any one theory of marriage. The people of a State are free to expand marriage to include same-sex couples, or to retain the historic definition. Today, however, the Court takes the extraordinary step of ordering every State to license and recognize same-sex marriage. Many people will rejoice at this decision, and I begrudge none their celebration. But for those who believe in a government of laws, not of men, the majority’s approach is deeply disheartening. Supporters of same-sex marriage have achieved considerable success persuading their fellow citizens—through the democratic process—to adopt their view. That ends today. Five lawyers have closed the debate and enacted their own vision of marriage as a matter of constitutional law. Stealing this issue from the people will for many cast a cloud over same-sex marriage, making a dramatic social change that much more difficult to accept."
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No. No there is not.
I can’t see how there’s any “hope” for a guy whose dissent on 6/26 basically argues with his opinion on 6/25 so fundamentally.
“We’re here to say what the law is, not what we want it to be... UNLESS we’re talking about Obamacare, of course”.
He voted this way today because he wanted us to consider liking him again...cynical bastard...
-PJ
No. They didn’t need his vote, so he wasn’t given instructions how to vote.
There is NO hope for Roberts.
He is the worst sort of hypocrite and liar.
Roberts is behaving like a RINO in congress. There was no need for him to waste political capital on such an emotional issue when ‘victory’ was already in the bag.
Just to balance the scale and at the same time take a position without upsetting the outcome
I wonder how George Bush feels right now??? He should be beyond ashamed and humiliated....or maybe he is not?
Sadly, I tend to agree with this - and how it relates with what C. Edmund says above in #6.
No.
“No. They didn’t need his vote, so he wasn’t given instructions how to vote.”
Bingo!!!
Today he says Nay to same sex.....
I say GOOD COP BAD COP at work here.
he also says: Under the Constitution, judges have power to say what the law is, not what it should be.....REALLY? Obamacare?
Nope,
No hope for him or his soul.
Hope I’m not standing next to him on judgment day.......I might get singed.
There is no hope for Roberts...Krauthammer said it best, no use heading anything else on Obamacare to the Supreme Court because Roberts likes it and will (and now has twice) protect(s) it.
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