Making the case once again for the need to put conservative, constructionist judges on the bench was a ruling from a superior court in San Francisco today. Judge Richard Kramer declared a statute within the state of California that outlawed gay marriage null and void, paving the way for California to join Massachusetts as the only other state to allow gay marriage. Today's ruling overturns a popular referendum from back in 2000 where Californians voted to prohibit gay marriage within the Golden State with over 60% of the vote. In effect Justice Kramer declared, "Screw the will of the people, it is unelected judges such as myself who should be deciding the shape of our society!"
Judicial activism such as today's ruling is only getting worse with each passing day. With the left unable to push their agenda the old democratic way, they are forcing their views and agenda down our throats through the judiciary, which is there to interpret the law, not create it. This is a double-edged sword for the American left however, for they have been able to get rulings such as today's, but such rulings anger the electorate who don't want to have some judge from San Francisco shove their far-left views down their throats. Rulings from rogue judges such as Justice Kramer's will only accelerate the American electorate's migration to the Republican Party.
The next election is over a year and a half away however, and a lot of damage can be done in that span. It' s important that the president keep nominating good judges to the bench until then, and than hold the Democrats' feet to the fire when they go and filibuster them. Today's ruling should also add a new sense of urgency to getting a constitutional amendment regarding gay marriage passed. We live in a country built upon majority rule, and it's time that we prevent far-left judges from forcing their views upon the rest of us.
Hat Tip: Polipundit
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