Extremely Contagious |
I first noticed it a couple of years ago when the POTUS unilaterally declared DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act), passed by a bi-partisan Congress, to be unconstitutional and directed his Attorney General (Holder) not to defend it. Next, after the ACA (Obamacare) law passed and the Supreme Court said, yes indeedy it was constitutional, lo and behold, the disease popped up again when the POTUS, on no less than 24 separate occasions, unilaterally made changes to it (bypassed Congress).
The next wave of this disease hit right after the Supreme Court ultimately ruled that a section of the DOMA law was indeed unconstitutional as it pertained to the Federal government while at the same time declining to hear the California Proposition 8 case due to lack of standing on the part of those defending it.
[Quick note here - California Prop 8 was a constitutional amendment overwhelmingly voted into law that defined marriage as between one man, one woman which when challenged by same sex couples, the California Attorney General unilaterally declared it to be unconstitutional and would not defend it. Defenders of the law brought it all the way up to the Supremes who ruled they didn't have standing for it to be heard by them.]
The next wave of this disease hit right after the Supreme Court ultimately ruled that a section of the DOMA law was indeed unconstitutional as it pertained to the Federal government while at the same time declining to hear the California Proposition 8 case due to lack of standing on the part of those defending it.
[Quick note here - California Prop 8 was a constitutional amendment overwhelmingly voted into law that defined marriage as between one man, one woman which when challenged by same sex couples, the California Attorney General unilaterally declared it to be unconstitutional and would not defend it. Defenders of the law brought it all the way up to the Supremes who ruled they didn't have standing for it to be heard by them.]