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who will the plaintiffs be in the appeal process? Maybe it'll be another Prop 8 case where the plaintiffs will be determined to not have "standing"? Then, Virginia would become #18.
Not sure. Won't be the AG, won't be the Gov or Lt Gov. House of Delegates could try to, but they might not be able to do so without the State Senate coming along, and they won't. Lawyers representing circuit court clerk's in Norfolk and Prince William were the ones who defended the law when Herring said the state wasn't going to, but I don't know if they can legally take it any further.
It's perfectly understandable that some people won't care about this or that issue; what with the number of issues in society, not every person will be interested in every one of them.
Yet they probably aren't going into discussions on those topics to state "who cares?"
But that's his job, as Attorney General, to defend the laws of the Commonwealth in court.
He swore an oath to do this.
You are woefully misinformed.
The Attorney General has to represent the state in litigation, but that is something that happens automatically. He is absolutely entitled to say the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state ought to prevail.
It's perfectly understandable that some people won't care about this or that issue; what with the number of issues in society, not every person will be interested in every one of them.
Yet they probably aren't going into discussions on those topics to state "who cares?"
A federal judge ruled Virginia's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional late Thursday evening.
Ruling: The Court finds Va. Const. Art. I, § 15-A, Va. Code §§ 20-45.2, 20-45.3, and any other Virginia law that bars same-sex marriage or prohibits Virginia's recognition of lawful same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions unconstitutional. These laws deny Plaintiffs their rights to due process and equal protection guaranteed under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
An unelected federal appointee can't subvert the will of the people of the state in violation of the 10th Amendment. This will go to the SCOTUS, and if SCOTUS rules against the will of the people, then the people should refuse to comply with contraventions of our Constitution. Those judges are sworn to uphold and defend our Constitution, and if they betray that oath, their authority is forfeit.
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