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To: Oliviaforever

We will, I fear, inevitably and in fairly short order wind up with same-sex “marriage” being imposed on a reluctant citizenry from sea to shining sea by our robed tyrants in the judiciary. The only way of blocking this, in my estimation, is through jurisdiction stripping: the Constitution confers on Congress the power to remove federal court jurisdiction from areas not specifically conferred on the federal courts in the founding document. This would effectively relocate jurisdiction over the matter to state courts.

This would, of course, require that conservatives control both houses of Congress, probably by a substantial margin.

It would also require that the occupant of the White House be willing to sign the legislation, unless the Congress could overcome the presidential veto which would certainly be forthcoming from the current TOTUS. (I don’t think Congress enjoys plenary power to determine federal court jurisdiction.)


17 posted on 10/07/2014 2:16:19 PM PDT by Spartan79 (I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man. Jefferson)
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To: Spartan79
That horse left the barn years ago. Stripping jurisdiction going forward won't "undo" the past decisions. The federal courts invented a constitutional right to homosexual marriage.

The people have to stop seeing the court as legitimate. Well, legitimate like the mafia is, but not legitimate as ought to be followed as a matter of moral right. I don;t see massive civil disobedience happening, ala Gandhi and India, not over this issue, and probably not ever, in this country. The people are soft and lazy and stupid.

35 posted on 10/07/2014 2:42:14 PM PDT by Cboldt
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