Prop 8 trial judge’s non political gayness… and more

You have to love the ironies.

It’s only ironic if you don’t understand conservatives. Conservative lawyers argue their client’s case regardless of their personal views and conservative judges operate under the rule of law, not their personal views.

Liberal lawyers and judges not so much, which explains your apparent surprise. You won’t find many conservatives surprised by this.

Dennis is talking out of his ass again. Conservative attorney Ted Olson argued BECAUSE he strongly felt himself that Proposition 8 is wrong – contrary to the position held by many who label themselves conservative – whatever that means.

I said ironies, not hypocrisies. Learn the difference.

Conservatives have been actively embedding religiously trained lawyers into the judiciary with the intent of biasing the courts to the right. The SCOTUS is an example of their success in such biasing.

When conservatives decries ‘activist judge’, they are generally referring to a judge that ruled according to the law as written rather than the law as they wish it was written.

When conservatives talks about a ‘strict constructionist’ judge, they generally refer to a judge willing to rule as narrowly as necessary to arrive at the desired opinion.

Yes, there are honest conservative lawyers – Bush fired several of them for not playing politics from their position of authority.

I do not expect conservatives to be surprised by these lawyers. Angered, yes. Betrayed, yes. Surprised, no.

Thank you, Zera Lee.

I am wary of ideological biases – either to the left or to the right. I find a lot of people do not know what they are talking about when they use “liberal” or “conservative” labels. I prefer to evaluate each issue on its own merits.

As for allowing same-sex couples to marry, it actually is a very conservative thing to do, but a lot of “conservatives” and religious kooks do not realize this.

“Olympics” is a registered trademark! The International Olympic Committee, when they sued Gay Olympics because of their improper use of the word, was just protecting their turf.

The IOC has done the same to many other entities who improperly used the word Olympics.

Judge Walkers conclusion in favor of IOC and against Gay Olympics was a matter of law and had nothing to do with gay sensitivities.

But Fred, the International Olympic Committee has allow the “Special Olympics” to use their trademark. There’s the difference. Either allow everyone to use it, or no one.

I guess we should feel fortunate that no one has a trademark on the word “games”.

“When conservatives decries ‘activist judge’, they are generally referring to a judge that ruled according to the law as written rather than the law as they wish it was written.” Zera Lee

This is deliciously humorous…

Liberal Judges bastardize and misinterpret the Constitution in so many ways, i.e. separation of Church and State, abortion and property rights and Zera misrepresents a case that Conservatives do that!

Liberal activist Judges are the norm and they are expected to tow the ideological line. The exact opposite is true for Conservative judges. Conservatives hold the Constitution in high regard and place our faith on Amendments to seek the ends we want. Liberals trash the Constitution to seek their ends.

Just look at court dockets and cases. Liberals overwhelmingly use the courts to further their agendas in comparison to Conservatives.

BTW, the usage and meaning of the word Conservative precludes activism, whereas the term Liberal endorses it!