\u201cObergefell\u2019s Toxic Judicial Legacy\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Founders never intended for us to live under the tyranny of an essentially unrestrained judiciary. \u00a0But that seems to be the direction in which we\u2019re headed \u2014 one in which, to some substantial degree, a small group of unelected life-time appointees direct our lives based upon their preferences, whims, ideological allegiances, and hobbies rather than upon the law.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Thanks to Cassandra Hedelius for alerting me to this troubling article: \u00a0 \u201cObergefell\u2019s Toxic Judicial Legacy\u201d \u00a0 The Founders never intended for us to live under the tyranny of an essentially unrestrained judiciary. \u00a0But that seems to be the direction in which we\u2019re headed \u2014 one in which, to some substantial degree, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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