Posted on 04/13/2015 3:03:40 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Friday joined an amicus brief on behalf of 57 members of Congress in support of the right of states to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The brief was filed in four cases that the Supreme Court will jointly hear on April 28, 2015, in which same-sex couples challenge the marriage laws of Ohio, Tennessee, Michigan, and Kentucky, all of which were upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The Supreme Court will decide whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires states to license marriages between two people of the same sex and to recognize same-sex marriages licensed and performed in another state.
The brief states: “As Members of Congress, amici have a compelling interest in defending the principles of federalism and the separation of powers implicated in these cases. Federalism and the separation of powers provide critical structural guarantees of the liberty of all American citizens, including amici’s constituents. Amici thus have an interest in defending the division of authority between the federal government and the States, and in preserving the separation of powers between this Court and the political branches. Amici believe that a judgment of this Court imposing a judicially mandated revision of state laws defining marriage would circumvent the proper resolution of these profound and divisive issues through state democratic processes. Such a decision could damage the rights of a self-governing people. It would set an unwarranted precedent, with effects far beyond this case, of federal encroachment into a traditional area of state concern, and of judicial pre-emption of an area that the Constitution allots to democratic process.”
Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT), James Inhofe (R-OK), James Lankford (R-OK), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and Tim Scott (R-SC) joined Cruz in the brief along with 51 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The cases are Obergefell v. Hodges, No. 14-556; Tanco v. Haslam, No. 14-562; DeBoer v. Snyder, No. 14-571; and Bourke v. Beshear, No. 14-574.
A copy of the brief is available here.
LOL!
I don’t see the signatures of WI Rep Paul Ryan (R) or WI Senator Ron Johnson (R) who both claim to be conservatives.
The sad part is that very few voters keep track of this type of thing and will be completely unaware or uninterested in this brief. They are also blissfully unaware or uninterested in the voting records of these two so-called conservatives.
marrying your sister will come next
Any ports in a storm
Cruz is going to need a lot of prayer. The great thing is, Cruz might be able to inspire it. He is daring to say the unsayable.
Over at the Hanen thread every single one of the replies were ‘The IRS (or FBI or mexican cartels etc) will change his mind for him’.
We have an insufferable amount of gaggling no-hope, never-satisfied people pop in when there’s great news, trying to bring everybody down with their LIV cackling.
It’s intolerable. We’re at the most optimistic, positive spot we’ve been in for a long time now.
It’d be nice if the responding poster’s name was on the top line so we could just skim past them. Why are they even here?
And don’t get me started on the police-blotter types who post the most gruesome, horrific crime headlines just to get attention and feedback.
We can stand to remember and take caution that the one to seek hope in remains God, not any politician. So far it looks like Cruz is being propelled upward. We keep the big Mo from heaven going in a different way, not by bragging on where we are but beseeching the One who blesses to continue to bless.
True enough, but it has managed to stick its nose in the states' business of marriage, since at least making "abolition of polygamy" a condition of statehood to Utah.
No kidding...quailing with fear, and the whole thing has barely even begun.
HiTech, I like you and I agree with you a lot of the time, but honestly, your habit of scolding and correcting folks just makes me grit my teeth.
I was not BRAGGING. I was describing how conservatives are feeling right now, post-announcement by Ted.
God Almighty is the only One I ever credit and glorify for blessings, no matter what they are...not that I have to justify that to you. Okay?
Good for him. I am liking him more and more. I still hope Walker gets it, but Cruz is definitely worth considering.
Thank God
I hope you're right, but 50 million isn't quite enough.
It's your juvenile FUD tactics that are doomed with the kiss of death. Crawl back to DU.
Huh? You lost me.
Reading it now.
Then why do you hope I'm right?
Thanks.
Can you send me where you get the list of those who signed it?
Personally I don’t understand why all of these right-wing groups don’t submit a brief that the Feds and States have a compelling interest in ensuring that there will be a next generation of honest, honorable, educated tax-payers which there will not be under ‘gay marriage’
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