Look it up yourself. Trump was pretty much at the bottom of my list until he secured the nomination. After that I was 150% behind him.
He was quoted during the primary saying that the Supreme Court had ruled and that it was "settled".
I have a good memory. I don't need a link.
He never said he was FINE WITH IT as he did in this interview. He said just the opposite, that he ‘didn’t go for that” and that it should be up to the states.
Your memory isn’t good. It’s selective.
There is no doubt that Trump said a while back that Scotus made a decision and settled the issue.
First, there is a legal and a vernacular meaning of ‘settled’. If I say, “It’s settled, we’re going to Gatlinburg next year to see the fall colors.”, that is the vernacular meaning of something having been agreed upon or decided up. The truth is that we could have unexpected bills and change our mind next summer.
The legal definition of “settled law” is law that has been in place so long or so often unsuccessfully challenged that “settled” becomes a synonym for undeniable, permanent.
Trump is not a lawyer. Does not speak like a lawyer and doesn’t even pretend to be a lawyer.
He was speaking in the common language and saying that Scotus had made a decision. So, even for me, the issue of “same sex marriage” has been decided by Scotus, and I don’t see any move afoot that will soon overturn it. They settled it for the time being.
Nor will a new conservative replacement for Scalia make any difference. The fifth vote for it was the so-called libertarian/conservative justice, Anthony Kennedy. Kennedy is still there, and he’s not changed his mind