DOMA and Prop 8: Are the courts replacing democracy?
Saturday, July 6, 2013 - 10:50
in Psychology & Sociology
All it takes to overturn a democratically created law is for one plaintiff to complain, one judge to overturn the law, and one state governor to refuse to defend the will of the people on appeal. ... It is a false idea that judges can legislate from the bench with unchecked power …