POTUS No. 4
"Today Is A Warning"
This morning, citing a 1948 California Supreme Court decision that overturned a ban on interracial marriages, seven California Supreme Court justices struck down the state's 1977 one-man, one-woman marriage law, as well as a similar, voter-approved law that passed with 61 percent in 2000, thus greenlighting Gay marriage in the country's largest state.
While that decision is at the very least, a loaded one, as I see it, the key to the decision comes in the fact that the court ignored a law passed by more than six of every ten Californians. They completely ignored the will of the people and in its stead, put forth their own Liberal agenda.
"It's about human dignity. It's about human rights. It's about time in California," San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom told a roaring crowd at City Hall, pumping his fist in the air. "As California goes, so goes the rest of the nation. It's inevitable. This door's wide open now. It's going to happen, whether you like it or not." Pretty offensive language for the majority of Americans.
For many, this decision is all about Gay Marriage. For me, it's a harbinger of the potential storm that can come from a Supreme Court who believes imposing its will is more important that interpreting the Constitution. Truth be told, I could care less about the California Supereme Court. But the U.S. Supreme Court is a whole different matter.
As presently constructed, the United States Supreme Court is generally divided between the Liberal Justices (Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 75, John Paul Stevens, 88, David Souter, 69, and Stephen Breyer, 70), the Conservative Justices (Antonin Scalia, 72, Clarence Thomas, 60, Chief Justice John Roberts, 53, and Samuel Alito, 58) and one Conservative Leaning Moderate who is often the swing vote (Anthony Kennedy, 72).
By this time next year, five of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices will be over 70 years old and one will be nearly 90. Assuming the next President of the United States serves eight years, those numbers would balloon to three Justices over 80, and one nearing 100. In very plain terms, that means the next President of the United States will most likely have the opportunity to appoint three to four new Justices to the Supreme Court which could tip the balance of power for the next 30 to 40 years.
That, as much as anything else, is why the thought of Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama becoming the next President scares the Hell out of me. With a Liberal Congress, Liberal White House, and potentially, a Liberal Court, the concept of checks and balances goes completely out the window. You want more decisions like the one the California Supreme Court threw down today, but on a Federal level? Elect the Democrats. You want Liberal decisions on immigration, civil liberties, privacy and the like? Put Barack Obama in The White House.
Today is just a glimpse of what could be coming. We can't afford to ignore it and I pray we won't.
"Today Is A Warning"
This morning, citing a 1948 California Supreme Court decision that overturned a ban on interracial marriages, seven California Supreme Court justices struck down the state's 1977 one-man, one-woman marriage law, as well as a similar, voter-approved law that passed with 61 percent in 2000, thus greenlighting Gay marriage in the country's largest state.
While that decision is at the very least, a loaded one, as I see it, the key to the decision comes in the fact that the court ignored a law passed by more than six of every ten Californians. They completely ignored the will of the people and in its stead, put forth their own Liberal agenda.
"It's about human dignity. It's about human rights. It's about time in California," San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom told a roaring crowd at City Hall, pumping his fist in the air. "As California goes, so goes the rest of the nation. It's inevitable. This door's wide open now. It's going to happen, whether you like it or not." Pretty offensive language for the majority of Americans.
For many, this decision is all about Gay Marriage. For me, it's a harbinger of the potential storm that can come from a Supreme Court who believes imposing its will is more important that interpreting the Constitution. Truth be told, I could care less about the California Supereme Court. But the U.S. Supreme Court is a whole different matter.
As presently constructed, the United States Supreme Court is generally divided between the Liberal Justices (Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 75, John Paul Stevens, 88, David Souter, 69, and Stephen Breyer, 70), the Conservative Justices (Antonin Scalia, 72, Clarence Thomas, 60, Chief Justice John Roberts, 53, and Samuel Alito, 58) and one Conservative Leaning Moderate who is often the swing vote (Anthony Kennedy, 72).
By this time next year, five of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices will be over 70 years old and one will be nearly 90. Assuming the next President of the United States serves eight years, those numbers would balloon to three Justices over 80, and one nearing 100. In very plain terms, that means the next President of the United States will most likely have the opportunity to appoint three to four new Justices to the Supreme Court which could tip the balance of power for the next 30 to 40 years.
That, as much as anything else, is why the thought of Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama becoming the next President scares the Hell out of me. With a Liberal Congress, Liberal White House, and potentially, a Liberal Court, the concept of checks and balances goes completely out the window. You want more decisions like the one the California Supreme Court threw down today, but on a Federal level? Elect the Democrats. You want Liberal decisions on immigration, civil liberties, privacy and the like? Put Barack Obama in The White House.
Today is just a glimpse of what could be coming. We can't afford to ignore it and I pray we won't.
posted by Michael Tuggle at 10:13 PM
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