no propaganda please wrote:
In addition to Obama making every effort to change the country into a socialist state, he has ordered his henchman AG Holder to tell the state AGs to stop defending gay marriage bans that are laws in their respective states. Obama has told him that if you don't like the law you do not have to do your job as AG to enforce it. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring stood by as a US District Court ruled against his state's prohibition of same sex marriage. Whether the AG likes the laws that have passed in his state or not, it is his JOB to defend the law. Apparently if you are a Democrat you don't have to defend the law if it goes against your sensibilities. Just another version of "I have a pen and I have a phone" to which should be added, "and I have no integrity"
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Holder: You Dont Have to Enforce Laws You Disagree With
Posted on February 25, 2014
Picking and choosing laws is not how things are supposed to work.
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Attorney General Eric Holder is taking the lawless attitude of the Obama administration and passing it down to state attorneys general. Yesterday during an interview with The New York Times, Holder said state attorneys general do not have to enforce laws they disagree with, specifically when it comes to the issue of gay marriage.
It is highly unusual for the United States attorney general to advise his state counterparts on how and when to refuse to defend state laws. But Mr. Holder said when laws touch on core constitutional issues like equal protection, an attorney general should apply the highest level of scrutiny before reaching a decision on whether to defend it. He said the decision should never be political or based on policy objections.
Engaging in that process and making that determination is something thats appropriate for an attorney general to do, Mr. Holder said.
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http://conservativebyte.com/2014/02/holder-dont-enforce-laws-disagree/#wIsE2XHpR6HfhJMr.99Attorney General Eric Holder is taking the lawless attitude of the Obama administration and passing it down to state attorneys general. Yesterday during an interview with The New York Times, Holder said state attorneys general do not have to enforce laws they disagree with, specifically when it comes to the issue of gay marriage.
It is highly unusual for the United States attorney general to advise his state counterparts on how and when to refuse to defend state laws. But Mr. Holder said when laws touch on core constitutional issues like equal protection, an attorney general should apply the highest level of scrutiny before reaching a decision on whether to defend it. He said the decision should never be political or based on policy objections.
Engaging in that process and making that determination is something thats appropriate for an attorney general to do, Mr. Holder said.
In 2011, the Obama administration announced attorneys in the Department of Justice would not enforce the Defense of Marriage Act, which was later struck down in 2013 by the Supreme Court.