Posted on 09/01/2010 9:33:33 PM PDT by cakid1
Under the Constitution, the Governor and Attorney General have a duty to support and defend the state constitution.
Their oath requires them to support and defend the constitution - "without mental reservation."
But some claim the Governor and the State Attorney General are refusing to uphold their oath of office and duty – when it comes to Proposition 8 – which is part of the state constitution.
Governor Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Brown do not personally support Prop 8 but..
Clearly the author missed the “uh, that is, unless it is like difficult or complicated, dude” clause.
“...How hard do you think the governor worked to back the will of seven million Californians who amended their constitution to protect marriage? Do you think he cared if the case was upheld or overturned based on his statement? Soon both Governor Schwarzenegger and his Attorney General, former California Governor Jerry Brown, were putting out statements asking to immediately commence gay marriage ceremonies once again.
Isn't that special? The two leading government officials named in the suit as defendants, the two people charged with protecting the state's interest, the two people in charge of safeguarding the will of the people, the very two people to lead in the defense of this amendment to the California Constitution, were celebrating its defeat! Well that makes it near unanimous. The judge wanted it defeated. The attorneys for the homosexual couples wanted it defeated. The public officials named in the suit wanted it defeated. In fact, the Attorney General attempted to switch sides during the case. Only the poor private proponents of Proposition 8 were there to face a stacked deck all alone. They were the only ones to fight for the will of the people. Oh, the people? That's seven million Californians who voted on their form of government. But awww hell, who cares about them?...”
It's not like our public officials are accountable anymore on the local, state, or federal level. Hopefully the pendulum is swinging back towards honorable people in the coming elections.
They had their fingers crossed when they took that oath!
Same crap that happened to Prop 187 (no bennies for illegals). Gay Davis refused to appeal the lower court decision.
Brown should be disbarred for abandoning his client.
I’m still waiting for Hillary Clinton to go to trial for illegally possessing 900 FBI files. We’ll both be dead from old age whenever politicians are in prison for serious wriongdoing. Trafficant and the guy in NY are peanuts.
“Clearly the author missed the ‘uh, that is, unless it is like difficult or complicated, dude’ clause.”
Nah, their case is that they are also required to uphold the U.S. Constitution (it’s actually mentioned first in the oath), and they believe that the California Constitution is incompatible with the U.S. Constitution on this issue. The judge agreed with them on this point. Thus, they argue that they are duty-bound to adhere to the higher authority of the U.S. Constitution and decline to defend the incompatible Prop 8.
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