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Friday, June 26, 2015

Roberts Rips Gay Marriage Ruling, Day After He Backed ObamaCare

A day after Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts sided squarely with the Obama administration on the health care overhaul, the same jurist came out swinging against the court's ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.

In his dissenting opinion -- which he read from the bench for the first time in his nearly 10 years as chief justice -- Roberts charged Friday that the court had no right to intervene in what should be a democratic debate by the people, at the state level, over same-sex marriage.

"This court is not a legislature," he wrote. "Whether same-sex marriage is a good idea should be of no concern to us. Under the Constitution, judges have power to say what the law is, not what it should be."

As for the state's role, he said: "The fundamental right to marry does not include a right to make a State change its definition of marriage."

The dissent underscored how unpredictable -- and to his critics, confounding -- the chief justice, appointed by a Republican president, can be.

He has earned many critics on the right for, twice, helping save vital elements of the Affordable Care Act -- conservative justices effectively accused him of twisting the law to save ObamaCare in Thursday's ruling. But in his dissent on the 5-4 gay marriage ruling, Roberts accused others on the court of, similarly, overstepping their bounds.

"It does sound like two different people," said Andrew Napolitano, senior judicial analyst for Fox News.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Next come the legalization of sex with animals. This country will suffer just like Sodom, Gomorrah and Rome.

Anonymous said...

roberts is a joke, the whole court is a joke! they don't represent us or the constitution.

Anonymous said...

It just means he's a real person who has differing opinions on things. Sometimes agreeing with conservative ideas and sometimes with liberal. It happens all the time.

Anonymous said...

Its the final nail now comes the fiscal collaspe. The stage of hate is set and primed for a explosion. They no longer care its all intentional. Race, gay, TERRORISM, religion, free speech, gun control, patriot act, homeland security, police militarazation, armed government agencies. If you aint figured it out by now place head back in sand. The dams gonna break and money will be the flame on the gas of the national divisions our own leaders have nurtured.

Anonymous said...

LOL...this has been a fun week

Anonymous said...

White House puppets.

Anonymous said...

Screw you Roberts you failed us and strapped us with Obama care...Your jobs was to call balls and strikes not be an activist.