Ginsburg disgusts me. This ceremony has nothing to do with marriage, just as her judicial rulings have nothing to do with the Constitution.
That’ true. With judges like Ginsburg, if their ruling is consistent with the Constitution then it’s likely a happy accident or coincidence.
As deplorable as Ginsburg is, much of the blame for the coming Sup Court imposition of gay marriage nationwide lies with Ronald Reagan for giving us Anthony Kennedy, George H Bush for giving us Souter (who waited until Obama was elected before retiring so his liberal vote would be preserved), and possibly George W Bush for giving us Roberts.
If those 3 slots had gone to reliable conservatives, we’d likely have a 6-3 majority in favor of letting the states decide. They could have used DOMA and Prop 8 to issue sweeping, anti-activist decisions that might have lasted for years.
Now it’s just a matter of time before Kennedy gets his chance to finish what he started years ago when he came up with what Scalia rightly derides as the ‘sweet mystery of life’ method of constitutional interpretation.
Ecclesiastes 5
8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.