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Prop. 8 Judge: 'What Judges Do and Must Do Is ... Move the Strike Zone'
« on: September 18, 2012, 10:23:27 AM »
Judge Vaughn Walker, the now-retired federal judge in San Francisco who nullified California’s Proposition 8 in 2010, said if judges really are umpires, they must sometimes “move the strike zone” in order to champion social issues like same-sex marriage.

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... Walker, flouting Justice Antonin Scalia and other strict constructionists, said that “judges not only make law, but cannot avoid doing so.”

... In his article, Walker said federal judges must “reflect the common understanding of the day” and that “clear and fixed legal rules” do not exist.

Y'all thinking what I'm thinking?
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Re: Prop. 8 Judge: 'What Judges Do and Must Do Is ... Move the Strike Zone'
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2012, 11:02:15 AM »
I sure hope not. Because I would like to think you are too good and decent a person to think the thoughts I had upon reading that.
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Re: Prop. 8 Judge: 'What Judges Do and Must Do Is ... Move the Strike Zone'
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2012, 11:24:48 AM »
If you thought "Awesome, clear fixed legal rules don't exist, so I guess I can kill this Constitution loathing POS for the greater good!", then yes, I am thinking what you're thinking.

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Re: Prop. 8 Judge: 'What Judges Do and Must Do Is ... Move the Strike Zone'
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2012, 01:14:39 PM »
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Re: Prop. 8 Judge: 'What Judges Do and Must Do Is ... Move the Strike Zone'
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2012, 12:47:14 PM »
 I guess he was more flexable in his last term too.
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