(September 7, 2014 at 11:46 am)Natachan Wrote: As I am a fierce supporter of gay marriage the idea of the issue going before THIS court scares me. IIRC there are five conservative and four liberal judges.
They'd literally have to throw out years of gender equality jurisprudence to come to that ruling. Not saying couldn't happen since Scalin is a truly evil waste of oxygen who has disagreed with his own previous rulings when it suited him. Of course doing that on such an incredibly hot button issue could very well lead to his impeachment, depending on the make up of Congress the time & how much we the people wanted his ass gone.
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal