I’m pretty sure “civil disobedience” covers the non-action that should take place as a result of this judicial overreach.
If a demolition crew shows up, then blood should flow!
"all six Obama appointees … in lockstep (along with an appointee of President
Bill Clinton and another, shamefully, from President George W. Bush.)"
My goodness, what else would you except of the Jorge Bush legacy?
I'm mean the guy just excudes compassion. Jorge is a gift that keeps on giving …
A recent detailed study of the courts of all 50 states and the District of Columbia determined that 46 states and the District of Columbia adopt the position that the precedents of lower federal courts are not binding in their jurisdictions. Wayne A. Logan, A House Divided: When State and Lower Federal Courts Disagree on Federal Constitutional Rights, 90 Notre Dame L. Rev. 235, 280-81 (2014). The position of three other states is uncertain. Only one state (Delaware) defers to the constitutional decisions of lower federal courts. Id. At 281.
Federal courts have recognized that state-court review of constitutional questions is independent of the same authority lodged in the lower federal courts. “In passing on federal constitutional questions, the state courts and the lower federal courts have the same responsibility and occupy the same position; there is a parallelism but not paramountcy for both sets of courts are governed by the same reviewing authority of the Supreme Court.” United States ex rel.Lawrence v. Woods, 432 F.2d 1072, 1075 (7th Cir. 1970).
Although consistency between state and federal courts is desirable in that it promotes respect for the law and prevents litigants from forum-shopping, there is nothing inherently offensive about two sovereigns reaching different legal conclusions. Indeed, such results were contemplated by our federal system, and neither sovereign is required to, nor expected to, yield to the other.
Surrick v. Killion, 449 F. 3d 520, 535 (3rd Cir. 2006).
The United States Supreme Court has acknowledged that state courts “possess the authority, absent a provision for exclusive federal jurisdiction, to render binding judicial decisions that rest on their own interpretations of federal law.” Asarco Inc. v. Kadish, 490 U.S. 605, 617 (1989). Two justices of the United States Supreme Court in special writings have elaborated on this principle.
The Supremacy Clause demands that state law yield to federal law, but neither federal supremacy nor any other principle of federal law requires that a state court’s interpretation of federal law give way to a (lower) federal court’s interpretation. In our federal system, a state trial court’s interpretation of federal law is no less authoritative than that of the federal court of appeals in whose circuit the trial court is located.
Lockhart v. Fretwell, 506 U.S. 364, 375-76 (1993) (Thomas, J., concurring). See also Steffel v. Thompson, 415 U.S. 452, 482, n. 3 (1974) (Rehnquist, J., concurring) (noting that a lower- federal-court decision “would not be accorded the stare decisis effect in state court that it would have in a subsequent proceeding within the same federal jurisdiction. Although the state court would not be compelled to follow the federal holding, the opinion might, of course, be viewed as highly persuasive.”).
Crucifixes scare the crap out of these God-hating Bag ‘O Sh*t liberal “judges”. “Separation of church and state” my @$$.
Congress needs to pass a bill declaring these places sacred historical monuments and tell these so called “judges” to shove it. The bastards are out their defending piles of rocks but these monuments must be destroyed. Elections do have consequences.
The STATE religion is atheism. Just what the founders did not want.
Atheism and Theism are opposites. Atheism is not the neutral position.
The STATE is imposing a STATE religion on citizens.
What about all of the crosses and the archangel at the Louisiana memorial at Gettysburg?
This disrespectful and criminal act is about making room for more Muslims and big government worshippers. The blackrobed tyrants are methodically destroying our Christian nation.
Thank goodness we defeated the Godless Soviets and Nazis....
The tombstone in this photo on the bottom right, of Severin West Summers, - He’s from Louisiana, was a graduate of Christian Life Academy and was a great soldier and American. I was surprised to see it online...We have a highway named after him. God bless you Severin.
Maryland "Freak State" PING!