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Quote by: GHook93  He had trouble getting the first judge approved. I can't remember who she was. However it was seen as a puzzling pick, since she was considered left of center. The Alito got in.
Judge appointments and Presidential party candidates are judged so much on their stance on gay marriage and abortion. Therefore, I wish a constitutional amendment was created to address these 2 areas. Personally I wish that the Amendment gave exclusive rights to the states remaining within certain parameters, such it can't be between sibling or parent and child or possibly.
Take these decisions on of the courts hands. The courts shouldn't be making laws either way, that is Congress's job. |
The same sex people only want to have the same standards of equality with male-female relationships. To be viewed as a family unit like everyone else (as not everyone who is married have children). Not just because of the legal reasons but also so they can view their own life with a sense of normality within the rest of culture. In modern time marrage is not what it once was, as a way to have legal and moral sex, but they feel that taking vows in front of a person authorized to marry people is important to them also, as it is with most men and women who what to vow to love one another and none other. I really do not know why other object or why we must amend the Consitution of battle this out in courts. The very sense of "equality for all" and even for minority groups should be basically understood to be covered by the Bill of Rights and the Consitutional agenda. Why draw a line for where equality is no longer to be applied?
For most of our history women had few real rights in our country, but they struggled the odds and got those rights. The right to say "no".
The courts have determined that womens rights are to be covered by the principles of the Consitution (and we have had enough debates about this already). If women have attained those consitutional rights then it is not the business of Congress to rewrite things to take away those rights. We cannot just flip flop the Consitution every four years when we have a different President or members of Congress by constantly re-writing it to suit the lastest group of protesters.
The trouble is that we think all judges are too bias because of how they have ruled in lower courts, too liberal or too conservative. The Consitution does not favor ether perspective. So a good President would try to make sure the Supreme Court and higher courts are manned in a balanced way. A court that is 50-50 is most likely to get more consitutional and could be less of an activist in their rulings.
What President would vow to keep the court system in balance?