Sheriff David Clarke Jr. of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Posted on 07/03/2015 10:33:07 AM PDT by Perseverando
Sheriff David Clarke Jr. of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
One of America’s most popular sheriffs has issued a “wake-up call” for conservatives following the Supreme Court’s two landmark decisions on same-sex marriage and Obamacare.
The way Sheriff David Clarke sees it, the wild horse has broken loose and is halfway out of the barn, threatening to trample the crops.
If the court can redefine marriage and force people to buy health care from a private business, there is nothing it can’t do, said Clarke, the sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, and frequent Fox News contributor.
“The thing that bothers me the most in this decision, though, is the way the court acted as essentially five oligarchs,” he told WND. “If we wanted to change the U.S. Constitution, there is a process for that, and there was a robust debate going on in all states, where some states elected to change the definition of marriage, others had not, and these five decided to act like legislators. And my concern is, it takes away from the legislative authority of Congress. And if they can do it with gay marriage, they can do it with anything.”
The Obamacare decision was not much better, he said.
“You had one justice, Roberts, go along with the five other oligarchs and change the way people get their health care in the United States and make them buy a product,” he said.
He said the redefinition of marriage, while shockingly arrogant, was less disturbing to him than the way it was done, in effect shredding the Constitution.
“I think Justice Scalia points that out, that it was a very contorted view of the 14th Amendment,” he said. “There are well-established traditions, and gay marriage
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We are no longer a nation of laws, but a nation ruled by treasonous tyrants.
There are wolves, sheep and sheep dogs.
David Clarke has chosen to be a sheep dog. Which will you choose to be?
(Off line for a couple of hours.) Freep on!
This man should be a justice. God bless him.
Amen.
Sheriff Clarke is a very inspirational man, hard to believe he is a Democrat. Thank you Milwaukee County.
Clarke should become Wisc. governator and then run for POTUS.
bump for later
America has been ruled by an oligarchy since Jorge Busho’s second term. At least, that’s when we realized it.
I choose to be a Kangal, they eat wolves for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Here’s how the conservative, constitutional approach to gay “marriage” would have worked out. Some states would have voted to permit it. They would have served as tests for the other states, and they would have had time to work out other issues, like free exercise of religion. Other states would have either passed gay “marriage” in time or decided to go their own way.
Had gay “marriage” worked out OK and been acceptable to a clear majority of Americans, we would have eventually amended the US Constitution to add “gender identity” as a protected class, like race, sex, and religion. There would have been no doubt that that was the will of We the People. The conflict, therefore, would have been peacefully, democratically resolved.
All of this was short circuited by the Supreme Court, because some people believe gay “marriage” is a civil right. What about true civil rights like freedom of association, free exercise of religion, or personal property rights? Civil rights don’t come at the expense of other civil rights, yet this is exactly where gay “marriage” is heading!
The Supreme Court can giveth, and the court can also vacate away.
So how old is Ruth Bader-Ginsberg?
Granted, John Roberts needs to go, the republic won’t be safe until he does.
I have three words I would like to call him after That speech...
Mr. Vice President
He is absolutely correct, they have hidden it for a long time but it can’t be hidden anymore. Sad
How many times has that happened with the Supreme Court? You give me hope.
That ship has sailed. I can't see a future court taking the matter up and then ruling that gay marriage can be made illegal. What would happen to a homosexual couple that was married and living in a state which then decided to outlaw gay marriage? Are they married or not? Do the get they tax breaks and legal protections of a married couple or not? The genie is out of the bottle and I think it will stay out.
The court has reversed a number of decisions, and I really do think that the Roberts court has made some seriously tortured logic in some of its findings.
Just because it’s reversed though doesn’t mean that has do be done retroactively.
Ditto!
Sheriff David Clarke comments on recent SCOTUS decisions.
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But seldom if ever reversing a decision that would have the impact of reversing this one would. I mentioned just a few of the questions that would come up.
Right now the majority supports gay marriage, so yeah, if people just went about their business marrying who will have them that is not really going to change. Thing is I really do think there may be more to it just due to the obsessive, mean-spirited, and intolerant nature of so many proponents. I know some very lovely people who are gay, but I know more who have very serious screws loose.
Whether or not it is on the gay marriage decision is debatable, but I do think the Roberts court has made some questionable calls that are out of step with both good sense and public sentiment.
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