Posted on 05/21/2009 11:03:40 AM PDT by CounterCounterCulture
The clock is ticking down on the California Supreme Court's imminent decision on whether to uphold Proposition 8, the voter-approved ballot measure restoring the state's ban on same-sex marriage.
Based on regulations that require the justices to rule within 90 days of oral arguments in a case, the Supreme Court's decision in the legal challenge to Proposition 8 now will fall on one of three remaining days: Tuesday or next Thursday, or June 1. The high court normally only rules on Mondays and Thursdays, but will issue rulings next Tuesday because of the Memorial Day holiday Monday.
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Self-government. What a quaint notion. *sniff*
The clowns have to explain/define just HOW the queers consummate their "marriage", on the basis that if a marriage was never consummated, then it never existed :-D
The oligarchs are pressing hard to remove any last trace of our Republic, and they'll be more than happy to do it with the gaystapo. This is pretty much our last line in the sand in California.
Ick. I’d bet comsummation never enters the ruling.
scary, courts are king
That will have to be addressed after RW II...
Article 3 will have to include some language to the effect that courts may not overturn laws nor go beyond the laws and constitution as written.
Also, that the courts are not to be the final arbiter of law, but state legislatures withhold that power.
We are a nation governed by laws. But when the courts try to make law from the bench, then we are no longer a nation of laws. We are a nation of whims when judges usurp the duties of the legislature. Is that something along the lines of what you mean?
As for the phrase "of the people, by the people, and for the people", that was written and spoken by a big government Republican, Abraham Lincoln. Perhaps he took his first name too seriously and thought he was the father of a sacred race.
Proposition 8 was a ballot proposition in California that added the following text to Section 7.5 of Article I of the California Constitution: Only marriage between a man and a woman is recognized in California.
Ah, then it would be grounds for legal challenge wouldn't it? :-D
I hope they follow through on the attempt to split the state and that Northern California succeeds. They have effectively departed the US morally and their idea of mainstream politics is Boxer and Pelosi although I'm sure they would welcome Waxman from the peoples republic of Santa Monica.
We believe that allowing people to vote is unConstitutional....
No way man, is that old bat still alive?
We are a nation of checks and balances, and judges are beholden to the constitution and rule in conjunction with the constitution, not granted the power to usurp the constitution. When they usurp, that makes them oligarchs and the people are just mere subjects.
A very astute observation. The same happened in Florida, but the opponents still want to challenge it.
Whatever happens in CA, both sides are currently working on their appeals to the Apellate Courts. The losing side will appeal. This will not end with the CSC.
Nope, it's an East-West issue. The eastern parts of CA are far more conservative than the coastal parts.
Well at least Califorians GOT a chance to vote on this......TWICE! That’s something that those of us in the People’s Republic of Massachusetts NEVER got!(otherwise,we would have tossed out gay “marriage”,too).
California’s state constitution is REALLY broken. It needs to be completely re-written. Maybe someone can explain to me how the state supreme court can get involved in an amendment to the constitution. I can see how they can overturn a law, but not a constitutional amendment. Only federal court should have jurisdiction. My understanding of the US constitution is that this is one of the checks and balances. Amending the constitution allows the states to super-cede the Supreme Court and they cannot overturn it. They are sworn to uphold it— even if they disagree.
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Even if it is upheld by the state supreme court, the pro gays are gathering signatures to put this on the ballot in 2010. That battle will even be uglier than the fight for prop 8.
They are relentless and little by little they will get there way as oppostion to gay marriage decreases as more young people get older and vote.
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