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Thanks for the information on who appointed who.
We have some crazy rulings as well. Lifetime appts here as well.
They do not go thru the meat grinder that the Senate puts them thru in the US though.
Court is not as activist as it once was in some cases.
But SSM legalization is a slam dunk - If you believe in equal rights for all US citizens, then it is.
If you support desperation of Church and State, then it is again.
People on this should eave their religious beliefs at the door.
Me I am just a plain old Christian. Never did find where Jesus condemned Homosexuality.
Well its job isn't to be 'activist' but to interpret the constitution. I'm not familiar with Canadian constitution, but maybe therein lies the diff. Another big reason for this here is Roe v Wade. That ruling created a fallout that 30 years later has not relented.
There's still multiple court cases and violence stemming from attempts by the states to sidestep the very clear ruling. However, this is also the justice's being cowards, because no ruling, including SSM, will lead to the same kind of fallout that the right wing loses their minds over as abortion does.
As for as the confirmation process, yes, the senate is a hindrance, but few nominations have been blocked and the result of lifetime appointment is 10 years later, it may not work out as intended either way. Those 4 judges i cited were definitely not appointed to make SSM legal, yet they will. The two obama appointees were confirmed despite it was known they would vote for SSM. Why? Because the president has to appoint *someone* the other party won't like
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