Posted on 06/22/2015 10:43:04 AM PDT by xzins
A series of events that has been described as a “troubling turn” has been found to have taken place at the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the justices’ looming decision on marriage – whether they will affirm the millennia old standard of one man and one woman or whether they will create a right to homosexual “marriage.”
The circumstances concern efforts to have Ruth Ginsburg and Elena Kagan recused from the marriage case because they both have taken public advocacy positions for same-sex “marriage” by performing those ceremonies even while the case was pending before the justices.
WND reported just days earlier when a former member of the federal judiciary, Joe Miller, who, when he was appointed U.S. magistrate judge in Fairbanks, Alaska, was the youngest person then serving in that federal position in the nation, called their actions a violation of the code of ethics for judges.
The report from Olson and Titus noted that the Foundation for Moral Law twice formally filed documents seeking the recusal of Kagan and Ginsburg.
“Importantly, Miller also reported that not only had the court not ruled on the foundation’s motion, but that the motion had not even been posted on the Supreme Court docket. While a delay in posting can occur for a number of reasons, none applied here. Did someone at the high court not want to acknowledge that such a motion had been filed?”
They continued, “Now we may have some indication that the U.S. Supreme Court uses Google Alerts, because shortly after the Miller article was published, on either June 17 or 18, 2015, the foundation’s recusal motion suddenly appeared on the docket of the U.S. Supreme Court. Under a date of May 21, 2015, the entry read: ‘Request for recusal received from amicus curiae Foundation for Moral Law.’”
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
This is a way of providing one side or the other a legitimate case against this court ruling.
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I distinctly recall reading the news item just a month or so ago, when Ruth Ginsberg performed another same-sex marriage WHILE this case was under consideration.
It really struck me as her giving the middle finger to the rest of the country
They SHOULD recuse themselves, but like Kagan in the Obamacare mess, they will not. No Leftist Will admit they are biased.......ever.
Agreed - it’s a CYA move from the unelected, black robed Vicars who serve for life -
>>> They SHOULD recuse themselves
Both should be forced to recuse themselves, they won’t do it themselves and nobody else will force them.
I don’t know any other way to read it.
Since Ginsberg knowingly and publicly performed a homosexual wedding just a few weeks back, I really wondered if it was her saying “I’ve won...screw you, America.” or if she was saying, “I’ve lost, let’s give the liberals something to be incensed about.”
I seem to recall that when there were cries for Kagan to recuse herself from the original Obamacare ruling because she had participated in the creation of the law, we were told by the court that it is for them to decide whether or not to recuse themselves (i.e. the SCOTUS is not answerable to anyone but themselves). That was basically the entire SCOTUS giving us the bird.
Unless they rule against gay marriage, of course. Then it was all kosher.
I’m writing a letter to John Boehner about this.
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But what would a “legitimate case” really mean?
There’s no higher Court than SCOTUS. There’s no official standard for recusal, it’s left to the Justices to do it on their own.
The only way to sanction a Justice is through the impeachment process. Good luck with that, it would have as much a chance of success as repealing the 2nd Amendment.
the fix has been in for a while now
I have no hopes left for this
Both of them should recuse themselves. However, neither of them will because they lack professionalism, ethics, and honesty.
Did she perform the marriage??? or just attend?
Because THAT would be a conflict of interest, no doubt, zero!
She PERFORMED it. I distinctly remember it.
Even if successful, Obama would appoint their replacements.
Kagan and Sotomayor should have been recused from the ObamaCare case.
We must all learn that our laws don’t apply to liberal supreme court justices.
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