To gain an understanding of just how openly defiant the five liberal Supreme Court Justices are of their oath of office to “support and defend the Constitution” consider this:
In
2013, the federal Defense of Marriage Act was struck down by a 5-4 vote by the
Supreme Court. The five votes came from Ruth Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Anthony
Kennedy, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. The primary reason given in
their opinion for striking down the law was because MARRIAGE IS A STATE ISSUE,
not an issue to be influenced by the federal government.
“DOMA is unconstitutional as a deprivation of the equal liberty of persons that is protected by the Fifth Amendment. Pp. 13–26. (a) By history and tradition the definition and regulation of marriage has been treated as being within the authority and realm of the separate States.
Last week, THESE SAME FIVE justices voted for the nationwide recognition of gay marriage by the federal government!Subject to certain constitutional guarantees, see, e.g., Loving v. Virginia, 388 U. S. 1, “regulation of domestic relations” is “an area that has long been regarded as a virtually exclusive province of the States,” Sosna v. Iowa, 419 U. S. 393, 404. The significance of state responsibilities for the definition and regulation of marriage dates to the Nation’s beginning; for “when the Constitution was adopted the common understanding was that the domestic relations of husband and wife and parent and child were matters reserved to the States,” Ohio ex rel. Popovici v. Agler, 280 U. S. 379, 383–384. Marriage laws may vary from State to State, but they are consistent within each State.”
These
five justices are no different than any ideological political hack with the one
exception: they are not subject to periodic reelection campaigns. They
should be impeached for violating their oath of office.
P.S. Both Ginsburg and Kagan have, in the past, officiated gay wedding ceremonies. If they were honest brokers of their responsibilities as Supreme Court Justices, they would have recused themselves from hearing and ruling on this case.
P.P.S. During her 2009 Senate confirmation hearings on her nomination to be Solicitor General, Kagan said, "there is no federal constitutional right to same sex marriage."
P.P.S. During her 2009 Senate confirmation hearings on her nomination to be Solicitor General, Kagan said, "there is no federal constitutional right to same sex marriage."
