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Judicial Watch Petitions Courts in Support of Calif Prop 8 Marriage Act
Tom Fitton @ Big Government:
When leftists are unable to persuade voters to adopt their radical agendas at the ballot box, they turn to the courts. Sure enough, there is a battle raging in California now that has far-reaching implications for the bedrock institution of marriage.
On January 29, 2013, Judicial Watch joined with the Allied Educational Foundation (AEF) in filing an amicus curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court in support of Californias Proposition 8, establishing that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. (On February 7, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Proposition 8 unconstitutional by a vote of 2-1, in a decision the amicusbrief says imputes the worst possible motives to voters.)
According to the Judicial Watch-AEF amicus brief, should the Supreme Court fail to overturn the Ninth Circuits decision, the people of California would be deprived of the right to decide for themselves the ways in which they want to restrict or liberalize their marriage laws or not.
Our amicus continues, The Ninth Circuits sleight of hand decision constitutes a dangerous erosion of the principle of rational basis review Furthermore, the Ninth Circuit decision expands the reaches of the Equal Protection clause in such a way as to eclipse the peoples sovereignty to make laws for their own governance Finally, this [Supreme] Court should find that petitioners have standing to bring this appeal, as a contrary ruling would undermine the peoples rights to initiative and referendum in twenty-six states.
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