Jeb Bush: Kim Davis Is ‘Sworn to Uphold the Law’

National Review ^ | 9/4/2015 | Joel Gehrke

[Arthur McGowan]

The man who murdered Terri Schiavo has to take this Nazi line in order to avoid convicting himself of murder.

[Steelfish]

I couldn’t have said it better. The Bushes would be behind a bush if it weren’t for Reagan.

[WMarshal]

Jebby is all vinegar and water. He is guilty of practicing douche-baggery.

[LongWayHome]

You’re right.....the GOP elite has become more detestable than the left. As impossible as that sounds.

[fidelis]

OK, that just put the nail in coffin for me for Jeb. Anyone without the moral backbone to stand against immoral laws is a lost cause. To believe that public servants cannot exercise freedom of conscience in a non-life threatening situation is un-American.

[The Cajun]

Stinking big government coward like he was in the Terri Schiavo case.

He speaks of the law like it still means anything in this country right now.

Persecute a lowly county clerk for being Christian and having morals, but let high treason happen every stinking day in Washington.

Up yours Yeb.

[chulaivn66]

Thank you for the referenced source for further reading. Thoughtful of you to include it. There is much to consider. Well done on the post.

[so_real]

Oh Jeb! So eager to follow in the footsteps of Romney ... and McCain ... and Dole ...

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

But there is actually no law in place regarding this situation, ¡Cheb! There is only an illegitimate Supreme Court ruling.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

“The court cannot condone the willful disobedience of its lawfully issued order,” U.S. District Court Judge David L. Bunning said. “If you give people the opportunity to choose which orders they follow, that’s what potentially causes problems.”

The "law", in this case, is the usual twisted interpretation of the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause, which actually would apply something roughly like this: if two white men can marry each other in a state, then two black men should be able to, also.

[AndyTheBear]

The fourteenth amendment, which is the only conceivable basis for the supreme court rulings on same sex "marriage", clearly specifies its own method of enforcement:

Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

It is silent on any other body or branch being granted power of enforcement.

Granting, for the sake of argument, that the other articles really do somehow mean states need to recognize same sex marriages, it still seems to this layman that the only proper way to force the clerk to issue licensees against her conscious would be if the federal legislature passed legislation compelling her.

[Democratic-Republican]

Don't worry honey, Jeb Bush will save you.

[trustandobey]

Great post!

[PA Engineer]

That was all I needed to know about Jeb. Jeb is dead to me. He gave up his humanity when he should have affirmed life. This alone was sufficient for him to never run for office again.

[z taxman]

Wrong answer, Yeb.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

SCROTUS!

[Yardstick]

Interesting point.

There’s so much room for interpretation in the law that I think a lot can be accomplished through sheer willfulness. All law is ultimately political and subject to political pressure. The only reason the 14th amendment is being interpreted as it is currently is that the left has outhustled us politically. There’s nothing in the law itself that requires this new interpretion.

[Joe Boucher]

do you have any core beliefs there Jeb?
Are you a Christian when convenient ya dope?

[broken_arrow1]

Jeb - STFU

[Mmmike]

Who asked Señor Yeb Boosh for his opinion?