Happy With Both SCOTUS Decisions?

[g5000]

Anyone else besides me happy with the Supreme Court's decision on the Voting Rights Act yesterday and their decision on DOMA today?

 

[deltex1]

When God handed down the 11...er...10 Commandments...it was not a 5-4 decision.

 

[g5000]

When God handed down the 11...er...10 Commandments...it was not a 5-4 decision.

That's why God isn't President, and Jesus isn't VP.

 

[hjmick]

I wouldn't say that "happy" is the word that best describes my opinion of the decisions. They both seem to be the right decisions, so I'd say I'm satisfied...

 

[Dot Com]

When God handed down the 11...er...10 Commandments...it was not a 5-4 decision.

so you're against the Citizens United ruling then?

 

[blackhawk]

Really don't care from a moral standpoint the nation has been going down the crapper for some time now.

 

[deltex1]

When God handed down the 11...er...10 Commandments...it was not a 5-4 decision.

That's why God isn't President, and Jesus isn't VP.

G5000 is awarded one Katyusha.

 

[g5000]

When God handed down the 11...er...10 Commandments...it was not a 5-4 decision.

That's why God isn't President, and Jesus isn't VP.

G5000 is awarded one Katyusha.

Does it have a full tank of gas?

 

[deltex1]

The point is that a 5-4 decision means there is much room for doubt about its accuracy or validity.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

When God handed down the 11...er...10 Commandments...it was not a 5-4 decision.

so you're against the Citizens United ruling then?

You and your buddies are the ones that keep telling us 5-4 is bad. Now it isn't?

 

[deltex1]

That's why God isn't President, and Jesus isn't VP.

G5000 is awarded one Katyusha.

Does it have a full tank of gas?

As in the ME...it is a symbol of something....a rocket...or a concept that goes over your head.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Really don't care from a moral standpoint the nation has been going down the crapper for some time now.

DOMA was flawed. The Constitution protects all States and mandates that State law that is legal in one State be legal in another. If any State validates gay marriage the federal Government has to recognize it in their dealings with all States.

This does not mean every State need approve gay marriage, but it does mean that federal Benefits must be granted to all legal marriages.

I am opposed to Gay marriage, my personal opinion is that marriage should be religious and the Government should only recognize civil Unions. But this was the right decision based on the Constitution.

 

[deltex1]

As krauthammer just pointed out...we are on he road to gay marriage as a federal mandate...just as roe v wade...and just as stupid.

 

[g5000]

G5000 is awarded one Katyusha.

Does it have a full tank of gas?

As in the ME...it is a symbol of something....a rocket...or a concept that goes over your head.

The only thing that went over anyone's head is the bit about our country not being a theocracy.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

As krauthammer just pointed out...we are on he road to gay marriage as a federal mandate...just as roe v wade...and just as stupid.

No such federal Law would pass Congress. And would be just as onerous as DOMA if it did.

 

[deltex1]

Congress won't do it...SCOTUS will...

 

[Oddball]

I find it stupid that USSC is involving itself in the culture war.

Just plain stupid.

 

[whitehall]

IRS has been shown to be corrupt and is about to gain more power and carry weapons but the left is ecstatic about a decision about homosexual relationships. There must be a mental disconnect somewhere.

 

[Katzndogz]

Roe has been litigated since it was written. This one will be too.

The only thing that I find personally pleasing is that the DOMA ruling will exacerbate divisions already present advancing the breakup of the country.

 

[Missourian]

Happy about VRA, ambivalent on DOMA.