2016

2016

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Huckabee op-ed piece

"I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square," said Catholic Cardinal Francis George. Cardinal George passed away in April, but the alarm he sounded on religious liberty rings true today.

Just as the Supreme Court ignored the plain language of the Affordable Care Act to deliver a victory to the Obama administration today, many expect the Supreme Court to abuse its power once again in the Obergefell v. Hodges same-sex marriage case.

If the Court creates a national right to same-sex marriage that doesn't exist in our Constitution, it will hijack the democratic process, subvert the will of Americans in more than 30 states who voted to protect traditional marriage, and trample on America's most fundamental right - religious liberty.
Can the Supreme Court "decide" this? They cannot. Under our Constitution, we have three, co-equal branches of government. The courts can interpret law but
cannot create it. If they declare something "unconstitutional," it still requires congressional funding and executive branch enforcement. The Supreme Court is not the "Supreme Branch," and it is certainly not the Supreme Being. If they can unilaterally make law, and just do whatever they want, then we have judicial tyranny.
 Our next president must fight judicial tyranny and return power to the people. Sadly, several Republican candidates for president have suggested the courts have the final say on marriage and that a court ruling is "the law of the land." USA Today

No comments:

Post a Comment