Why the Supreme Court is not supreme
Posted on August 29 from WND
"Judicial activism occurs when judges write subjective policy preferences into the law rather than apply the law impartially according to its original meaning." – The Heritage Foundation
To vocal opponents of judicial activism, this comes as little surprise. The U.S. Supreme Court has suffered a major credibility blow in the wake of its politically motivated 5-4 Obergefell v. Hodges "gay marriage" opinion. In it, they presumed to do the impossible – both redefine the age-old institution of natural marriage and to give this fictional definition precedent over freedoms actually enumerated in the Bill of Rights. According to Rasmussen, only "36 percent of Likely U.S. Voters still think the high court is doing a good or excellent job."
Incredibly, even the Chicago Tribune had this scathing assessment of the high court:
Read more..."We must confess we are shocked at the violence and servility of the Judicial Revolution caused by the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. We scarcely know how to express our detestation of its inhuman dicta, or to fathom the wicked consequences which may flow from it. … This decision has sapped the constitution [sic] of its glorious and distinctive features, and seeks to pervert it into a barbarous and unchristian channel … Jefferson feared this Supreme Court, and foretold its usurpation of the legislative. power of the Federal Government. His prophecy is now reality. The terrible evil he dreaded is upon us."