Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. ~W.C. Fields
Add my family to that. They are all for folks going their own way. But even the ones who campaigned in their states for homosexual marriage, hate this decision and the way in which they got what they wanted. When will the namecallers learn that the method counts often more than the result.
Roberts wrote: "If you are among the many Americans -- of whatever sexual orientation -- who favor expanding same-sex marriage, by all means celebrate today's decision. ... But do not celebrate the Constitution. It had nothing to do with it."
Michael J Petrilli-"Is School Choice Enough?"-A response to the recent timidity of American conservatives toward education reform. https://nationalaffairs.com/publicat...-choice-enough
Senators were chosen by the legislature of their respective states and that was to also insulate them from the electorate and to allow them to focus on the interests of the state as a whole. That was a good system that should never have been repealed.
The important point here is to insulate the Court from popular opinion, at least to an extent. If you elect judges you throw that out and the court loses it's effectiveness as a brake on the executive and the legislature
Don't be a grammar nazi - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 1 #7
I always love the criticism of "unelected judges," as if they spontaneously appear from the wild and take over our nation.
Peace is a lie. There is only Passion. Through Passion I gain Strength. Through Strength I gain Power. Through Power I gain Victory. Through Victory my chains are Broken. The Force shall free me.