The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission | Three Courts, Three Strikes Against Marriage | Comments http://erlc.com/ This feed provides all comments on "Three Courts, Three Strikes Against Marriage." en web-master@erlc.com ℗ & © 2009 ERLC Comment 1 http://erlc.com/article/three-courts-three-strikes-against-marriage#comment1 http://erlc.com/article/three-courts-three-strikes-against-marriage#comment1 Here’s a solution to judicial usurpation of the legislative power: the thing can be fixed by amending the Constitution to set a finite term to judicial tenure, after which the incumbent judge must stand for re-selection (as is the case with state judges in Oklahoma)by the people.  This wouldn’t work unless public notification is made, at taxpayer expense in a journal of national circulation, of the decisions made by the incumbent on issues coming before his/her court, just prior to the voting on continuance. 

  Federal judges are granted lifetime tenure “on good behavior”.  The motive was praiseworthy: to insulate the judge against political pressure.  But un-Constitutional decisions are by definition bad behavior, and the people should posses the power to deny such a judge continuance in office.  True, impeachment is a remedy which already exists, but politicians have lacked the courage or will to use it.

]]> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:49:51 CST Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:55:49 CST Comment 2 http://erlc.com/article/three-courts-three-strikes-against-marriage#comment2 http://erlc.com/article/three-courts-three-strikes-against-marriage#comment2 I’m not sure why this issue is always characterized as an attack on marriage.  Nobody is attacking the standard Christian idea of marriage.  Everyday millions of people get married exactly the same way they always did.  Nothing in any of these court decisions affects that one way or the other. The court decisions are based on the right of individuals to not agree with the majority in areas which are not otherwise defined as criminal.  I may or may not agree with a same sex couples decision to form a lasting relationship, but I don’t see how their decision is an attack on my marriage of more than 40 years or the marriages of any of my children or anyone else in my family. I have more to say on this but have no chose but to submit to your arbitrary word limits.

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