In regard to parental consent, TWO lower court rulings stated a girl in question did not meet the conditions for a judicial bypass. Yet, Alberto Souter and friends overturned those court decisions and intrepreted and reduced judicial bypass to the lowest possible standard.
"In regard to parental consent, TWO lower court rulings stated a girl in question did not meet the conditions for a judicial bypass. Yet, Alberto Souter and friends overturned those court decisions and intrepreted and reduced judicial bypass to the lowest possible standard."
You are absolutely right!
I read the Court's Opinion, the concurring, and the dissenting...and I have to agree that Gonzales & Co. misinterpreted the INTENTION of the law.
Just read the many comments of the legislators while they were still writing the law. They wanted a very strict bypass. But the Court definitely damaged the law and reduced it to a very low standard.
For THIS reason there is the outcry. It is a valid reason.
(Otherwise Gonzales seems like he would be strong against terrorists-- hopefully.)