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Funny that no one has raised the roof over the way judges have become independent rulers of us, able to override legislative activity put in place by legislators voted in by the public, as well as referendums and initiatives, supported by millions of citizens.
In the early 90s, in California, a million citizens signed a petition to put Proposition 187 on the ballot. This was to end welfare benefits to illegal aliens (people who criminally broke into our country, broke our laws, and didn't belong here). 59% of California voters supported Prop 187. But the will of the people went down in flames, when ONE federal judge (selected by the open borders crowd), ruled against it, and annulled the people's victory.
In a brand new case, the highly popular ban on same-sex marriage ( 75 percent of voters approved it in 2004 as an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution) went down to defeat, when ONE JUDGE, Judge Cris Piazza, overturned the ban law. Piazza's reason for overturning the will of the people is contradictory, if not, mind boggling. He said >> "The court is not unmindful of the criticism that judges should not be super legislators. "However, the issue at hand is the fundamental right to marry being denied to an unpopular minority. Our judiciary has failed such groups in the past."
It would hardly be much different if Piazza has said >> "Ahh, I think I feel like ruling against it. I'm not in the mood for it. " (without the slightest thought of the 2.2 Million people who put the law in place).
Piazza was right the first time. Judges should not be super legislators. He should have stuck with that. Instead, he obliterated the democratic process, rendered the entire state legislature to non-existence, and thwarted the wishes of 75% of the Arkansas people. Pheeeeeww!! (high-pitched whistle)
So there it is. Any time any activist group feels strong enough about a certain issue, no matter that the people spoke and their will became law, all the law rustlers have to do to turn things THEIR way (or the highway), is to go JUDGE-SHOPPING, and when they've got the judge they like, file suit. Then, they calmly sit back and wait for the law that millions of people worked hard to establish, to disappear with one stroke of ONE JUDGE's little pen.
Kinda makes you feel like you're dreaming all this, but nope, this is America, 2014.
Don'tcha think somebody could've fixed all this since Prop 187, after more than 20 years have passed ?
In the early 90s, in California, a million citizens signed a petition to put Proposition 187 on the ballot. This was to end welfare benefits to illegal aliens (people who criminally broke into our country, broke our laws, and didn't belong here). 59% of California voters supported Prop 187. But the will of the people went down in flames, when ONE federal judge (selected by the open borders crowd), ruled against it, and annulled the people's victory.
In a brand new case, the highly popular ban on same-sex marriage ( 75 percent of voters approved it in 2004 as an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution) went down to defeat, when ONE JUDGE, Judge Cris Piazza, overturned the ban law. Piazza's reason for overturning the will of the people is contradictory, if not, mind boggling. He said >> "The court is not unmindful of the criticism that judges should not be super legislators. "However, the issue at hand is the fundamental right to marry being denied to an unpopular minority. Our judiciary has failed such groups in the past."
It would hardly be much different if Piazza has said >> "Ahh, I think I feel like ruling against it. I'm not in the mood for it. " (without the slightest thought of the 2.2 Million people who put the law in place).
Piazza was right the first time. Judges should not be super legislators. He should have stuck with that. Instead, he obliterated the democratic process, rendered the entire state legislature to non-existence, and thwarted the wishes of 75% of the Arkansas people. Pheeeeeww!! (high-pitched whistle)
So there it is. Any time any activist group feels strong enough about a certain issue, no matter that the people spoke and their will became law, all the law rustlers have to do to turn things THEIR way (or the highway), is to go JUDGE-SHOPPING, and when they've got the judge they like, file suit. Then, they calmly sit back and wait for the law that millions of people worked hard to establish, to disappear with one stroke of ONE JUDGE's little pen.
Kinda makes you feel like you're dreaming all this, but nope, this is America, 2014.
Don'tcha think somebody could've fixed all this since Prop 187, after more than 20 years have passed ?
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