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To: manc
could the people of that state do a constitutional amendment like we did here in FL and would that reverse this judges ruling which is pathetic

There was one. The black robe mafia just ruled it unconstitutional and threw it out.

10 posted on 04/03/2009 7:18:51 AM PDT by cspackler (There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
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To: cspackler
There was one. The black robe mafia just ruled it unconstitutional and threw it out.

Sorry, I misread your post. Before I am corrected, there was no admendment, just a law that was passed.

16 posted on 04/03/2009 7:22:19 AM PDT by cspackler (There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
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To: cspackler
>The black robe mafia just ruled it unconstitutional and

That does not make sense.

An amendment to a Constitution CANNOT be Constitutional until it is ratified, in this case, by the voters..

If we amend the US Constitution to allow slavery, it cannot be ruled “unconstitutional.”

Amendments change things - now it may have ruled that the method of garnering those votes or the method of placing the issue before the voters was unconstitutional, but not the ratified will of the voters.

63 posted on 04/03/2009 9:48:01 AM PDT by bill1952 (Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: cspackler
There was one. The black robe mafia just ruled it unconstitutional and threw it out.

No, judges can't rule that a constitutional amendment is unconstitutional.
83 posted on 04/03/2009 1:52:22 PM PDT by Antoninus (Now accepting apologies from repentant Mittens.)
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To: cspackler
Re: "could the people of that state do a constitutional amendment like we did here in FL and would that reverse this judges ruling which is pathetic

" There was one. The black robe mafia just ruled it unconstitutional and threw it out. "

The constitution, or any element of it, can not be declared unconstitutional.

89 posted on 04/03/2009 3:02:49 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: cspackler
There was one. The black robe mafia just ruled it unconstitutional and threw it out.

Sounds like we need an extra clause or an extra amendment to put before the voters. Saying that judges that overrule such constitutional amendments either are automatically removed from office or at least all automatically face a prompt recall election associated with a re-vote on the amendment.

108 posted on 04/04/2009 8:39:55 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer
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