Posted on 09/04/2015 7:49:04 PM PDT by markomalley
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal hit Donald Trump on the front-running presidential candidate's response to the ongoing debate about the jailing of the Kentucky clerk who refused marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Trump had discussed the punishment Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis faced for disobeying the law on MSNBC.
"I hate to see her put in jail," Trump told MSNBC. "[But] the Supreme Court has ruled. That's the law of the land."
Sensing an opportunity on the campaign trail, Jindal rebuked The Donald in a series of tweets, exclaiming, "You can't make America great again by throwing Christians in jail."
"I understand asking forgiveness from God and respecting communion is a personal decision," the governor tweeted. "But even really rich New Yorkers should oppose jailing Christians for their religious beliefs."
Jindal followed up his tweets with a fundraising pitch in an email titled, "Trump turns his back on Christians."
"Religious liberty is one of the founding principles of our nation," Jindal wrote. "I will never abandon my commitment to protect our freedom so that I can get praise from the liberal media — or suck up to Donald Trump."
Trump receives the support of more than 27 percent of GOP voters surveyed, according to RealClearPolitics' average of national polls. Jindal receives 0.2 percent support in the same average.
Jindal has often refrained from talking about Trump on the campaign trail. Instead, he has repeatedly sought to challenge Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker about the best way to repeal and replace Obamacare.
When the Washington Examiner asked Jindal earlier this summer about Trump's laudatory comments about single payer healthcare, Jindal opted for an answer about what differentiated him from Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. With the next Republican presidential debate fewer than two weeks away, Jindal is looking for every opportunity to increase his visibility.
I’d like to see Trump follow up with “Now, when are we going to jail the OTHER elected officials who violate federal law, like those who run ‘sanctuary cities’ ?”
Yep.
When he’s wrong.
The SCOTUS ruling. Whether through judicial activism, legislating from the court, through flat out abuse of power, this is the law of the land now.
Until it is countered by Congress or in some way re-evaluated by the SCOTUS itself, this is something we live with now.
If the federal courts are going to uphold it, there’s not much we can do about it. It is effectively the law.
We don’t have to agree, but it will be implemented against us.
The Supreme Court *CANNOT* legislate.
No it can’t.
What it can and does do is hand down opinions based on the Constitution. We may and actually do disagree with it, but it is handing down decisions based on the 14th Amendment here. What does the 14th Amendment mean when applied to this issue.
I have stated on this (or possibly another thread) that I think the SCOTUS did legislate here. I think there’s a good case to be made, that I was wrong. It may be a simple misinterpretation of the 14th Amendment.
I don’t find a protection for homosexuality in there. They do. I think they are wrong.
I do believe that the first Robert’s decision on Obamacare was a perfect example of legislating from the bench.
bttt
****I do believe that the first Robert’s decision on Obamacare was a perfect example of legislating from the bench.****
Agreed. All the SSM decision really accomplished is that until a State legislature ensures that its marriage laws comport with the SCOTUS ruling, the laws on the books that don’t are null and void. Kim Davis has no way to comply with a law that has not been written yet.
An expression of SUPREME ignorance.
The SCOTUS cannot make law.
They can only rule on the constitutionality of a law or a government regulation or action.
For "gay marriage" to become the law of the land, a Constitutional Amendment must be passe that:
Any other method of foisting this atrocity on the people is TYRANNY!
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