How so?
Does this ring a bell?
“We are a nation of Laws.”
What LAW did the clerk break that now has her in jail? She is in jail because a judge gave her an order and she refused to follow it based on (authentic) religous convictions.
“The Law is the Law.” What law was written and approved that is being referred to since “We are a nation of Laws.”?
We have regulations that are considered laws that are written by beuracrats that have authority because of some referenced legislation (see Obamacare, EPA, IRS, etc.). What have we in this case? A court ruling?
It’s not lost on me that what she did qualifies as “Contempt” if a judge so deems. But her protest certainly brings to light the ideological basis of the judge’s order. More importantly, it sheds an interesting light on the role and power of the Supreme Court with regards to establishing laws by ruling and then enforcing them from the bench. No more do we need congress or an Attorney General. Now lawyers can file a suit, get it to the Supreme Court, get a law by ruling on it and then have lower courts enforce them with the power they assume in a courthouses.
For Trump to side step an opportunity is not like Trump. It does not fit the MO he has quite effectively established in a short time as a candidate. I am in the “glad to have Trump now camp”. But I still have lots of reservations based on his pretty recent past political positions. Mix that it with his extreme opportunistic nature, and I wonder what his values are and for how long he will remain loyal to them.
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We once were a nation of laws until Marbury vs Madison.
Now the courts can re-write any law they wish, to suit their fancy.
Trump, being pro-pederast marriage, loves this departure from the constitution.
As has been said, Trump would dismantle the constitution way faster than Obingo has.
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