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Newt Gingrich Statement on 9th Circuit Court Decision Regarding Proposition 8
newt.org ^ | 2-7-12 | Gingrich

Posted on 02/07/2012 4:14:22 PM PST by VinL

With today’s decision on marriage by the Ninth Circuit, and the likely appeal to the Supreme Court, more and more Americans are being exposed to the radical overreach of federal judges and their continued assault on the Judeo-Christian foundations of the United States.

I was drawn back into public life by the Ninth Circuit’s 2002 decision that held that the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance were unconstitutional. Today’s decision is one more example that the American people cannot rest until we restore the proper rule of the judicial branch and bring judges and the Courts back under the Constitution.

The Constitution of the United States begins with “We the People”; it does not begin with “We the Judges”. Federal judges need to take heed of that fact.

Federal judges are substituting their own political views for the constitutional right of the people to make judgments about the definition of marriage.

The country has been here before. In 1856, the Supreme Court thought it could settle the issue of slavery once and for all and impose a judicial solution on the country. In 1973, the issue was abortion and once again a Supreme Court thought that it could impose a judicial solution on the country once and for all.

Judicial solutions don’t solve contentious social issues once and for all.

Should the Supreme Court fail to heed the disastrous lessons if its own history and attempt to impose its will on the marriage debate in this country by affirming today’s Ninth Circuit decision, it will bear the burden of igniting a constitutional crisis of the first order.

The political branches of the federal government, as well as the political branches of the several States, will surely not passively accept the dictates of the federal judiciary on this issue. An interventionist approach by the Court on marriage will lead to a crisis of legitimacy for the federal judiciary from which it may take generations to recover.


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1 posted on 02/07/2012 4:14:29 PM PST by VinL
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To: VinL

Sic ‘em Newt!


2 posted on 02/07/2012 4:23:51 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: VinL

Federal judges are substituting their own political views for the constitutional right of the people to make judgments about the definition of marriage.

Federal judges are substituting their own political views for the constitutional right of the people to make judgments about the definition of marriage.

Federal judges are substituting their own political views for the constitutional right of the people to make judgments about the definition of marriage.

Cannot be said enough...


3 posted on 02/07/2012 4:28:59 PM PST by ez (When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.)
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To: VinL

What is festive about sodomy?


4 posted on 02/07/2012 4:35:36 PM PST by seton89 (Starve the Beast)
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To: VinL

Well, the Constitution, thankfully, does limit the power of the majority to enact laws that would deny a minority the rights the Constitution protects. The proponents of gay “marriage” will no doubt compare this issue to the denial of civil rights to black people.

However, being black is an immutable physical characteristic. Demanding that society accept another definition of marriage is not protected or mandated by the Constitution.


5 posted on 02/07/2012 4:37:13 PM PST by mtrott
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To: ez

Time for to get a President who will convene the 9th Circuit in Fairbanks AK.


6 posted on 02/07/2012 4:49:15 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: VinL

When the judicial accomplishes what the executive and legislative cannot by thwarting “we the people”, you have TRIANGULATION BY TOTALITARIANS.

Life, liberty and the pursuit and destruction of TOTALITARIANS.

FUT


7 posted on 02/07/2012 4:50:05 PM PST by PGalt
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To: mtrott

the argument the court used was the 14th amendment which is pathetic.

There is no constitutional right to marry.
even so homosexuals can marry so they are not being put into another class and not having rights taken away.

Now even if we get past all of that then the same court has to say muslims can now have 4 wives, mormons have 8 wives etc.
To say they are having right taken away is outrageous and saying they are pout int another class is not all correct

Then there is also the gun rights and gun owners which this court also is not keen on

The same court back years ago said that the voters did not do the right thing and their vote in the 90’s was not lawful and therefore they need to do a constitutional amendment.
The left knew this, the court said this and the homosexuals thought there would never be enough signatures to get it on the ballot, they were wrong.
So the homosexuals then thought they would win in a vote and so they went about intimidating people, spending millions upon millions on this amendment

They lost and then the lower court judge said it was unconstitutional , leaves the bench and then states he is a homosexual and wants to marry which in itself was wrong as he should have recused himself.

Now the 9th which stated they need a constitutional amendment now states the constitutional amendment is unconstitutional .
Under the guise of the 14th which is outrageous and they know it, we know it, the MSM knows it, the left knows it, the homosexuals know it and the GOP knows it but only Newt thus far as come out about it, possible Santorum will too and Paul but Romney will shut his elitist establishment RINO mouth

This is pure out and out judicial activism at it’s highest and these judges need to be removed and the GOP need for once grow a pair and take this on


8 posted on 02/07/2012 4:57:36 PM PST by manc (FOX, DRUDGE, HAS BEEN DISGUSTING IN THEIR BIASED ATTACKS V NEWT. I HATE OUR BIASED LIBERAL MEDIA.)
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To: VinL

Nothing from Mittens yet. I wonder why.


9 posted on 02/07/2012 4:59:10 PM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: VinL

The Constitution of the United States begins with “We the People”; it does not begin with “We the Judges”. Federal judges need to take heed of that fact.
10 posted on 02/07/2012 5:00:01 PM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: VinL

If an amendment could pass through both houses congress that defines marriage between a man and a woman, I predict that it would fly through a majority of state legilatures in record time.


11 posted on 02/07/2012 5:00:20 PM PST by VRW Conspirator (Neo-communist equals Neo-fascist)
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To: VinL; VinceASA; Monkey Face; RIghtwardHo; pieces of time; Warthog-2; Tzar; word_warrior_bob; ...
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Freep-mail me to get on or off my pro-life and Catholic List:

Add me / Remove me

Please ping me to note-worthy Pro-Life or Catholic threads, or other threads of general interest.


12 posted on 02/07/2012 5:01:29 PM PST by narses
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To: Lurker

just said the same.

How pathetic the GOP has become that they put out a MA RINO thinking moderates might vote for him but ignore that 31 states which have been allowed to vote on this issue have all said no to the homosexual agenda.

if homosexuals really wanted to marry they would be flocking to Romney’s state MA but alas they are not and we all know that this marriage is all about attacking religion, ignoring the constitution and another step in their goal for their future socialist country.


13 posted on 02/07/2012 5:02:03 PM PST by manc (FOX, DRUDGE, HAS BEEN DISGUSTING IN THEIR BIASED ATTACKS V NEWT. I HATE OUR BIASED LIBERAL MEDIA.)
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To: muawiyah

Splitting the 9th into three parts is long overdue.

put the kook states of washington and california and oregun into one circuit and divide the rest up.


14 posted on 02/07/2012 5:03:40 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: mtrott

those racist laws were also a “mixing of the races” prevention attempt. IOW children.

Homosexuals contribute nothing to society’s future.


15 posted on 02/07/2012 5:05:20 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: VinL
The arrogance and audacity of the Federal judiciary is unbounded.

Time for a POTUS who will knock them back to size.

16 posted on 02/07/2012 5:06:41 PM PST by Rome2000 (MYTH ROMNEY IS A MORMON MELCHIDEZEK HIGH PRIEST AND RICK SANTORUM IS A DICK)
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To: VinL

Nicely said.


17 posted on 02/07/2012 5:08:34 PM PST by sayuncledave (et Verbum caro factum est (And the Word was made flesh))
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To: VinL

Go, Newt.

It’s their choice to decide how to live.


18 posted on 02/07/2012 5:09:06 PM PST by Christie at the beach
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To: longtermmemmory

that is by far the best idea to stop this madness.

They have been overstepping their activism for years now while making decent money in the process and then ignoring what the laws of the land.

This should have never even got to this point as the judge earlier came out after he left the bench and announced he was a homosexual and wanted to marry.
He should have recused himself or his decision thrown back to the lower courts.

Again the homosexuals went judge shopping like they did here in FL who I might add also did their homosexual activism.

I don’t watch FOX no more but I bet the likes of Hannity the fraud and Megyn Kelly the pro cross dresser and pro homo will be either ignoring all of this or covering for this blatant activism.

We need a nominee who will do as you say and go after these activist judges which begs me to ask.

When was the last time a judge was removed from the bench and what party etc did this?


19 posted on 02/07/2012 5:09:16 PM PST by manc (FOX, DRUDGE, HAS BEEN DISGUSTING IN THEIR BIASED ATTACKS V NEWT. I HATE OUR BIASED LIBERAL MEDIA.)
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To: longtermmemmory

Restrict the 9th Circuit to the peninsula. Create two new circuits ~ or, as I suggested simply convene the 9th in Fairbanks AK ~ it will take less than a year to clear the bench!


20 posted on 02/07/2012 5:12:05 PM PST by muawiyah
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