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To: ctdonath2
SCOTUS vacated relevant KY law

They don't have the power to do that.

107 posted on 09/04/2015 7:18:24 PM PDT by Jim Noble (You walk into the room like a camel and then you frown)
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To: Jim Noble

SCOTUS invalidated the core of the relevant law rendering it moot/unintelligible. It cannot stand as is; convention is that when part of a law is struck down the whole law is struck down unless otherwise specifically enacted with severance directives. The KY definition of “marriage” was eviscerated, leaving no definition of the word to act on.

Yes, SCOTUS very much has that power and exercises it often.


140 posted on 09/04/2015 8:56:43 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The world map will be quite different come 20 January 2017.)
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