It’s quite possible to disagree with some of the Supremes. But that’s not denying their legal right to make those decisions. Ted Cruz, who clerked for Rehnquist, was being especially disingenuous when he coined the term “five unelected judges.” He was shocked, shocked to realize that they had not been elected!
Anyone who knows the Constitution realizes there* is* a way to “fix” the Supreme Court–but it takes time. At this point, I’m hoping it is *many *years before another Republican has a chance to nominate a Supreme Court justice.
(Historical note: As a young lawyer, Cruz was a junior member of the team that argued Bush V Gore. Speaking of assholes!)
The money shot that the Liberty Counsel people are after is Davis being led away in handcuffs; a great visual for their “Christians are being thrown to the lions again” narrative. The judge issuing a stay, then fining her for contempt, is simply not as sexy.
You are absolutely correct here! And so when Liberal Town, USA bans guns, the NRA should keep its fucking mouth shut. After all, the people who have guns can simply go somewhere else. Or, given that it’s becoming increasingly obvious that organized religion is a bad influence on children, Liberal Town says “no more churches inside city limits”, the Christians should just start attending church outside the city and not whine about it. Right? After all, these are all solvable problems.
Or is it only a solvable problem when it’s something you don’t care about?
Hmmm… the entire office is refusing to issue licenses. Does everyone in the office share that very same religious belief, or has she ordered everyone in the office to obey her religious belief?
It’d be great if one of her own staff sued her for not respecting THEIR beliefs.
The justice hearing her appeal for the stay to continue is Kagan, who voted for the decision. I don’t think she’ll get the answer she’s hoping for.
Davis has said that she will not issue licenses. Period. Ever. I don’t see any way this will end short of her being fined and/or imprisoned for contempt of court. Then I guess they start all over with the deputy clerk, her son. It’s Davis’s all the way down.
Garcetti v Ceballos found that 1st Amendment free speech rights were severely curtailed for public sector employees for statements made in accordance with their jobs; wouldn’t that same rationale apply to 1st Amendment religious rights?
It seems to me that no matter where Mrs. Davis tries to make her stand, she has no legs at all.
Satan and his ilk are deceivers, that’s what they do and it’s been proven here. So says her pastor, I’m sure.
Naw, the real humor is in her poor knowledge of her civic responsibilities, the nepotism of this Podunk Town, and the scary knowledge that the outside world requires change despite her struggle against it.
She will lose, that’s all that matters, we don’t need to make an example of her because this reality won’t change despite the angry foot stomping of childlike obstinance.
It seems obvious that no matter how far upstairs this case gets kicked, she’ll never relent, as her Supreme Being is always going gonna have rank. I wish she could at least be suspended without pay while she appeals.
