Trump on Kentucky clerk: Gay marriage the 'law of the land'

[A Perez]

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Republican front-runner Donald Trump said Friday that he wished a Kentucky county clerk, Kim Davis, was not jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but he added that the Supreme Court has ruled and it is "the law of the land."

"You have to go with it. The decision's been made, and that is the law of the land," the real estate mogul said Friday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."


Donald Trump on Kentuck: Gay marriage 'law of the land' - CNNPolitics.com

 

[ShootSpeeders]

. Courts are NOT allowed to write laws. The very first words of the constitution after the preamble are "all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the united states". You want a law legalizing queer marriage then have congress write one.

Donald Trump on Kentuck: Gay marriage 'law of the land' - CNNPolitics.com

sep 4 2015 Republican front-runner Donald Trump said Friday that he wished a Kentucky county clerk, Kim Davis, was not jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but he added that the Supreme Court has ruled and it is "the law of the land."

"You have to go with it. The decision's been made, and that is the law of the land," the real estate mogul said Friday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

Trump declined to weigh in on the issue Thursday -- stating during a press conference he wasn't very familiar with the issue -- but said Friday that Davis should have let her deputies in the office certify the marriages. Davis's attorney said Friday that she has no intention to resign
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[Camp]

The court doesn't have to write new laws. They interpret all of them. According to SCOTUS the law to allow same sex marriage was written long ago and not interpreted properly by the courts. They fixed it according to the current court.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

. Courts are NOT allowed to write laws. The very first words of the constitution after the preamble are "all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the united states". You want a law legalizing queer marriage then have congress write one.

Donald Trump on Kentuck: Gay marriage 'law of the land' - CNNPolitics.com

sep 4 2015 Republican front-runner Donald Trump said Friday that he wished a Kentucky county clerk, Kim Davis, was not jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but he added that the Supreme Court has ruled and it is "the law of the land."

"You have to go with it. The decision's been made, and that is the law of the land," the real estate mogul said Friday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

Trump declined to weigh in on the issue Thursday -- stating during a press conference he wasn't very familiar with the issue -- but said Friday that Davis should have let her deputies in the office certify the marriages. Davis's attorney said Friday that she has no intention to resign
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Ever hear of the Supreme Court of the United States?

Do you know what their job is?

 

[ShootSpeeders]

The court doesn't have to write new laws. They interpret all of them. According to SCOTUS the law to allow same sex marriage was written long ago and not interpreted properly by the courts. They fixed it according to the current court.

That's what they always say. " We didn't write a law - this is just an interpretation".

 

[ShootSpeeders]

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Ever hear of the Supreme Court of the United States?

Do you know what their job is?

Their job is NOT to write laws. That's for congress to do. You want queer marriage legalized, then go to congress. THINK

 

[Camp]

The court doesn't have to write new laws. They interpret all of them. According to SCOTUS the law to allow same sex marriage was written long ago and not interpreted properly by the courts. They fixed it according to the current court.

That's what they always say. " We didn't write a law - this is just an interpretation".

They say that because that is the job the constitution gives them. It is the reason for them to exist. The founders of the Constitution knew a SCOTUS was necessary so they wrote one into the Constitution.

 

[PredFan]

Trump is right. It is the law of the land. The only thing that can be done about it is to get Congress to pass a law making it illegal. THINK!

 

[Zander]

Trump rules all media.

His every utterance is parsed, dissected, scrutinized, debated, discussed, obsessed over!!

meanwhile he just keeps rollin'!!

"Law of the land" is a commonly used colloquialism. Trump is not a lawyer, or a politician.He speaks like a normal person and normal people do not obsess over minutia......

 

[BULLDOG]

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Ever hear of the Supreme Court of the United States?

Do you know what their job is?

Their job is NOT to write laws. That's for congress to do. You want queer marriage legalized, then go to congress. THINK

You really should read the constitution for clarification of the duties of the Supremes.

 

[Jantje_Smit]

. Courts are NOT allowed to write laws. The very first words of the constitution after the preamble are "all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the united states". You want a law legalizing queer marriage then have congress write one...

I wasn't aware they wrote a new law, I thought they said gay people have a right to marry too under your current laws.

If you're upset by that why not have congress write a law that says gay people can't marry?

 

[ShootSpeeders]

Trump is right. It is the law of the land. The only thing that can be done about it is to get Congress to pass a law making it illegal. THINK!

That wouldn't matter. The courts would then nullify that law too.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

You really should read the constitution for clarification of the duties of the Supremes.

so point it out to us. Where does the constitution give courts authority to repeal state laws?

 

[ShootSpeeders]

I wasn't aware they wrote a new law, I thought they said gay people have a right to marry too under your current laws.
If you're upset by that why not have congress write a law that says gay people can't marry?

Because the courts would repeal that law too. Even though repealing laws is a legislative function that only congress has.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Hey dumbass, when the Supreme Court repeals a gun control law as unconstitutional, are they wrong?

 

[ShootSpeeders]

Hey dumbass, when the Supreme Court repeals a gun control law as unconstitutional, are they wrong?

Yes indeed they are. The constitution clearly says that the authority to write and repeal laws rests with congress.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

The court doesn't have to write new laws. They interpret all of them. According to SCOTUS the law to allow same sex marriage was written long ago and not interpreted properly by the courts. They fixed it according to the current court.

Could you show that to us. I've never heard of such a law and don't think anyone else has either.

 

[BULLDOG]

You really should read the constitution for clarification of the duties of the Supremes.

so point it out to us. Where does the constitution give courts authority to repeal state laws?

The constitution gives the Supreme Court authority to interpret federal law, which supersedes state law.