“Some people learn through wide reading. Some learn through observing the experiences of others. But some people just have to touch the hot wire for themselves….” That old saw came to mind during Passover, when my daughter’s young sister-in-law called up to tell us we were hosting an engagement party for her that week. We […]
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The four dissenters in Obergefell v. Hodges lucidly expressed the profound offense against constitutional law and representative democracy the ruling represents. In short, five lawyers, accountable to no one, chose to legislate on a profoundly consequential matter that the people were just beginning to address through democratic means. As Chief Justice Roberts wrote: “Who do we think we are?” If justices cannot resist the urge to legislate, let’s drop the pretense that constitutional law is guided by neutral principles and at least give the people the option to vote justices in (and out).
There have been a lot of statistics thrown around this past week about race, violence, crime, and families. But 
