I don’t necessarily blame the judge. In reality, the SCOTUS has placed him in the very same position as Davis. Unfortunately he doesn’t have the balls she does. Literally the SCOTUS has thrown law out the window. The supremes cannot make decisions against States when it is the States that really hold sovereignty over the Federal Government, and now “we the people” are left to sort it out and IMHO there is only one way that is going to happen, unless God and his Angels come to the rescue.
He has many other options. He went hard liberal.
SCOTUS cannon make law! They can only judge existing law. This decision is tyranny!
I do.
He had the option to fine her whatever the minimum is and to determine what the repeat multiplier would be until she complied. He didn’t because he didn’t want flak from queers that he didn’t do anything - so he jailed her. He was afraid that her fines would be paid by a whole crap load of people. Yes, I blame him. Most certainly.
They do it all the time in ignoring the non-enforcement of immigration law.
He could have quietly revolted while she refused to comply. The decision to put her in jail was his and his alone.
He simply could have reprimanded her and then declined to use compulsion to enforce the order -— basically ignoring the SC but in a way they could do nothing about it.
Simlaly the Feds generally depend on local authorities to keep prisoners. The local sheriff could simply remand her to her home with no restrictions.
I do blame the judge, although I also recognize he is in a difficult position.
I blame him because, at the end of his remarks, he espoused the clear lie that we are under the rule of law, when the SCOTUS ruling on homosexual marriage clearly is in violation of the 1st amendment (and natural law).
If he had warned her sternly that she can’t refuse to issue licenses, but refused to jail or otherwise punish her (such as with fines - which is what the homosexual activists wanted) because of her 1st amendment rights, I wouldn’t blame him.
But, instead, he ignores the enumerated right in favor of the invented one. May his penumbra lie heavy on his heart!
Somebody get a memo out to the governors of all the states, including Kentucky) that had held the line on traditional marriage. (Be sure to include the dictionary definition of sovereignty.)
I have said all along that she should resign, but she certainly doesn't belong in jail without any criminal charges and a trial by jury.
I think you're going to see a lot of backpedaling by the plaintiffs and the groups supporting them in this case, because the whole scenario where you have this harmless woman in jail exposes this nation's entire governing process as a complete fraud.
I blame him. He is no better than Nazi judges who "were only following the law" as they sent Jews to their deaths.
Look at this quote by the dishonorable judge....
Federal Judge Says He’s Above Natural Law as He Tosses Clerk Kim Davis in Jail [terrifying quote]
PJ Media ^ | 9/3/15 | Scott Ott
Posted on Thursday, September 03, 2015 7:41:30 PM by markomalley
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. She’s an elected official, and can’t be fired except by voters in her county, so a federal judge had her thrown in jail today. I expected as much. Any true civil-disobedience act must come with the willingness to bear the legal consequences of your extra-legal behavior. Davis politely thanked the judge before being carted off to the clink.
If it were me, I also would have submitted to the governing authority, but not without a resounding “SAY WHAT, YOUR HONOR?!” after he said this…
more....“The idea of natural law superceding [sic] this court’s authority would be a dangerous precedent indeed,” U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning told Rowan County clerk Kim Davis.