Administration says rule “strikes appropriate balance” but Sen. Cornyn calls it an “affront to our Constitution.”
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No surprises here: California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, according to a ruling announced Tuesday by an appeals court. The long-awaited ruling by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court is likely to lead to more appeals, and marriages probably will remain on hold until that process ends. The case was pending for months because the court wanted a ruling from the state Supreme Court on whether proponents of Proposition 8 had legal standing under the state’s citizen’s initiative process to appeal the ruling. Here’s the decision: 10-16696 #398_Decision What’s next? Appeals and more appeals : ProtectMarriage, the backers of Proposition 8, can appeal Tuesday’s decision to a larger panel of the 9th Circuit or go directly to the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court is expected to be divided on the issue, and many legal scholars believe Justice Anthony Kennedy will be the deciding vote. Gays and lesbians were entitled to marry in California for six months after the California Supreme Court struck down a state ban in May 2008. The state high court later upheld Proposition 8 as a valid amendment of the California Constitution. While the Proposition 8 case was still pending in state court, two same-sex couples sued in federal court to challenge the ban on federal constitutional grounds. *** Tweet of the day: @ arizonashane “Given the opportunity, the 9th Circus would strike down the Constitution as unconstitutional.
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Document drop: Lib 9th circuit panel rules Proposition 8 unconstitutional
Some may already be familiar with the image featured above. For those who aren’t, it is painting titled “The Forgotten Man” which features President Obama trampling on the Constitution while an astonished James Madison pleads with him to stop. To the side, a man sits on a park bench in the throes of depression while 43 presidents look on. The painting, which uses discarded dollar bills and scraps of paper with individual constitutional amendments scrawled onto them. The Blaze first reported on artist Jon McNaughton’s controversial rendition back in 2010 when the artwork was released. Now, however, McNauughton’s Forgotten Man has resurfaced and is making its rounds across the internet again after appearing on Rachel Maddow’s blog on Thursday. In a video that accompanied The Forgotten Man’s release, the politically charged McNaughton revealed, “For a long time I didn’t know if I wanted to paint this picture, because I worried it might be too controversial.” He explained that the man on the park bench “represents every man, woman, and child who is an American” and who “hopes to find the American dream of happiness and prosperity.” The artist added, “But now because of unconstitutional acts imposed on the American people by our government we stand on the precipice of disasters.” The artists’ work can be found at McNaughton Fine Art (though the site appeared to be down, at least temporarily on Friday evening) and on his Facebook Page . A search of McNaughton’s postings on Facebook reveal a number of paintings with strong political and religious themes including another provocative work released in October 2011 titled “Wake Up America.” The image features Obama smiling on the stump while shackled Americans gather around him. From the artist’s YouTube page : We are enslaved to our debt. Wake up, America! Before it is too late… Every man, woman and child in America is enslaved to the national debt. As an artist, I have painted my vision of the dire circumstances that surround us. Now, more than ever, each American must make a choice: we must unlock the shackles that enslave us, or will we lose our freedom. It is my hope and prayer that America will “wake up” before it is too late. The image is featured below: With the Nevada Caucuses around the corner, CBS Las Vegas caught up with McNaughton to talk about his work. Since the painting’s release, “It sold thousands,” McNaughton told the network. “I sold many different sizes and editions, and now that we are in an election year I expect to sell more.”
Wow! This is a perfect display of what the liberals think of our constitution. They surely enjoy their rights and will defend them to the point of making up new rights and rights they have no right to have. All the while they actually disdain its principles and think we have evolved
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Justice Ginsburg to Egyptian TV: You probably don’t want to use our Constitution as a model
Newt Gingrich cares a lot about Star Trek America’s domination of space. He talks about moon colonies in the Republican debates and he wrote about casual space travel in past books. But in 1981, as a member of Congress he introduced H.R. 4286, a House Resolution that mapped out a plan for America to claim permanent space in…space. Details of the resolution were published in Roll Call today: “All persons residing in any community in space organized under … the United States shall be entitled to the protection of the Constitution….” “Whenever such community shall have acquired twenty thousand inhabitants … they shall receive from Congress authority with appointment … to establish a permanent constitution and government for themselves.” “Whenever any such community shall have as many inhabitants as shall be in the least numerous of the United States such a community shall be admitted as a State into the Congress of the United States on an equal footing with the original States.” The best part: Gingrich wanted this stuff done by 2010.
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Gingrich (1981): Spacemen entitled to Constitutional rights
Photo credit: ProtestShooter, from last year’s March for Life celebration Today marks the 39th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. As I note every year, it has become an annual ritual to watch the national media and liberal commentariat strain to ignore or marginalize the burgeoning movement of increasingly young and minority activists taking to the street to stand up for the unborn. If you’re in D.C., it’s not too late to join. Schedule of events and maps are here . March for Life rallies will also take place at state capitols across the country and thousands gathered this weekend. You can also tune in online to the Pro Life Con gathering taking place all day. House Speaker John Boehner will be a featured speaker this afternoon. Danielle Bean explains why she marches: The young people at the annual March for Life assert the unpopular truth that women deserve better than abortion, and instead offer women real choices: genuine alternatives to the harm that abortions cause. When a woman decides that her best “choice” is the destruction of innocent human life growing within her, we have failed her. The government, the community, the church, and we – her friends, neighbors, co-workers, brothers, and sisters – have failed her. Young pro-lifers are determined not to fail women. They know that abortion is a “choice” that ends a human life, stops a heartbeat, and denies a defenseless human being the right to live. They know that the “pro-choice” idea that abortion has no moral, emotional, or psychological consequences is a lie – a lie that women pay for, and a lie that denies every one of us the right to make informed decisions about our own bodies. Everywhere I look at this year’s March for Life, I see young people who reject the lies of previous generations, seek the truth, and stand up as a voice for women and the unborn. I am encouraged as I march alongside these young prolifers and proud that some of my own children are among them. Legalized abortion is a tragic part of our nation’s history, but I see the future here in Washington, D.C. today. And you know what? The kids are all right. Yalies march for life: Over two dozen Yalies will march in Washington, D.C. today along with thousands of pro-life supporters in protest of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision which ruled that the Constitution protects abortion rights. As part of the 39th annual March for Life, 15 undergraduate members of Choose Life at Yale and 11 members of the Yale Divinity School’s Right to Life Fellowship will march from the National Mall to the steps of the Supreme Court in an event that has drawn over 200,000 people in past years. Students attending the march said the annual event, which falls on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, re-energizes them to promote their pro-life views, which are not widely held on Yale’s campus. “It’s an uphill battle when you’re a smaller group and you’re unpopular on campus,” Eduardo Andino ’13, CLAY president, said. “When you have a conscience that tells you that you’re fighting for something as precious as human life, it makes it much easier to continue.” Follow Jill Stanek and support Live Action Films today and every day. *** Side note: Sen. Rand Paul tweeted this morning that he would be speaking to the March for Life rally in D.C. Today I’ll speak to the March for Life in DC. A nation cannot long endure w/o respect for the right to Life. Our Liberty depends on it . #ky But his press secretary tweeted this morning that Sen. Paul was detained by TSA in Nashville . Daily Caller reports: “Just got a call from @senrandpaul,” Bagley tweeted at about 10 a.m. on Monday. “He’s currently being detained by TSA in Nashville.” Bagley hasn’t immediately responded to The Daily Caller’s request for comment for more details. Texas Congressman and current Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul – Sen. Rand Paul’s father – placed a post on Facebook about the news as well. “My son Rand is currently being detained by the TSA at the Nashville Airport,” Ron Paul posted. “I’ll share more details as the situation unfolds.” Sen. Rand Paul’s Facebook page has a post about the incident too. “Senator Paul is being detained at the Nashville Airport by the TSA,” Sen. Rand Paul’s Facebook post reads. “We will update you as the situation develops.” Here’s the follow-up on Sen. Paul’s detention. *** Occupiers crashed a pro-life gathering this weekend. Classy as ever. *** Boehner’s address to March for Life here courtesy of LifeNews.com. Rick Santorum’s fight for life , WSJ op-ed today.
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AP – Is it too much to ask our presidents to uphold the Constitution, command the armed forces, execute the nation’s laws — AND provide us with a little musical interlude?
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Obama isn’t the first president to serenade public
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The President has ignored the clear words of the Constitution.
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