OH stop trying to be the voice of reason! :D

I keep trying to come up with a comparable situation and keep failing.

Of course, if the courts decided to restrict rights instead of allowing them, I'd be pissed off, and people that were fans of such a thing would be happy. But I think that's kind of the point...

Voice of bu!!sh!t. Maybe you can find me an example, but I've never seen an instance of progressives claiming such absurdities. Not even with hardcore rightwing Supreme Court rulings.


Oh, the one exception ... and it wasn't referred to as legislating from the bench - - it was referred to as a coup d'etat.



In my experience, however, progressives have a positive and accepting view of justice, even when they don't agree with every ruling and decision.


Instead, it is indeed the legislature we decry for what are deemed crimes in this nation. But we are blessed with, ya know, intelligence and we call judges' decisions that are a crock or immoral, a "crock" or "immoral." We don't call them legislation.

I'm free and work 5 minutes away. I've got a sign in my car (I was in a hurry out the door so stupidly only grabbed one sign instead of the 3 I have to share) and will most likely be there.

I don't deny the fact that there are actual instances of judges legislating from the bench. I can't deny that the left doesn't use the phrase too. But since Bush, McCain etc started flying that term around in regards to marriage equality, a lot of conservatives have been using it in lockstep. It's a blanket, catch-all phrase that has been used to discount court findings that say, hey they do deserve the same treatment. When several courts in different states are deciding the same thing, shouldn't that mean something? No, let's just label their findings as that, it's easier to dismiss that way. When a group is sleeping in the same bed with these rigid churches and religious organizations then decides to discount the courts, I find that dangerous.

OC Weekly photos of recent protest. Got me all choked up.

http://www.ocweekly.com/slideshow/view/184463/1

It's not "legislating from the bench", it's "fufilling their constitutional duties". Anyone who thinks that judges shouldn't overturn unjust and unconstitutional laws is anti-American.

AND ... you're my new hero. :snap: :snap: :snap:

There is also a protest in LB (City Hall) tomorrow at 10.

^ I think that protest is everywhere at City Hall tomorrow. ;)