[ninonitti]

She was also married to New York Time's Commie in Residence Anthony Lewis which should go along way toward explaining her thinking.

The sad thing is a RINO drunk, William Weld appointed her.

[TAdams8591]

Marshall is full of it. Too bad we can't get her off the bench.

[NutCrackerBoy]

I welcome this story in the Globe. The more the story is in the public eye in a way that isn't pure propaganda, the better. Even the sensible things Chief Justice Marshall said in the commencement address and published here can be used to criticize the terrible Goodridge decision. She also displayed some incredible ignorance.

[StonyBurk]

What tears at the respect the Judges ought recieve from the public is when a reasonable man cannot read in their
unreasonable decisions anything to suggest they honor their oath and honor the interpretive standard of the Clear
language used--and the intent of the men who wrote and ratified the instrument. "When any court violates the clear and unambiguous language of the Constitution ,a fraud is perpetrated and no-one is bound to obey it.'Seems a sound principle of Law written in State law somewhere.
This State Supreme Court ninny has her cart in front of her horse and it's ass.

[AIC]

I guess something is hitting home. The judges think they are immune to criticism and are frustrated at those who criticize them. Just what do they think they do to us when they make these unconstitutional activist law decisions.
It looks like they are getting a little back for what they have done to the average American for years.

[PGalt]

...attacks leveled at the very foundation of our legal system...

The legal system is assaulting us with their interpretations (interpretation cannot precede construction). Justice Margaret H. Marshall is insulting us with her arrogance. Justice Margaret H. Marshall you have the right to remain silent.

[Condor51]

This 'judge' wouldn't last here in IL, we elect our judges - even our State Supreme Court ones. And more than a few power drunk, loose cannon 'gods' have been removed by "We The People".

[muawiyah]

This ol'gal is feeling the heat.

Time for her to step down and let a better person do the job.

[danno3150]

The Globe failed (refused) to report the most important quote from Marshall's speech. Here is the lead from the Boston Herld's story, "The chief justice of the court that legalized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts told Brandeis University graduates yesterday that judicial independence must be protected from ``the will of the majority.'' Just about says it all, doesn't it.

[Rebellans]

The chief justice of the state Supreme Judicial Court said yesterday that rhetoric about judges destroying the country and the suggestion that court decisions should conform to public opinion...

We're not suggesting that court decisions should conform to public opinion. We're saying that they should conform to the Constitution (and the rest of the law), which Goodridge utterly failed to do.

What is "threatening public trust in the judicial system" is the courts' arrogant usurpation of decision-making powers that rightfully belong to the people and their elected representatives.