![]() 23 ruling was a notable example of judicial activism trumping the democratic will of the people. Robertson and legal analysts told the Register that Granade’s Jan. “We certainly see it as another example of the federal judiciary encroaching into matters that have traditionally been within the state’s purview, and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight,” said Katherine Robertson, vice president of the Alabama Policy Institute, a conservative think tank that advocates in favor of free markets, limited government and strong families. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, Alabama’s probate judges are under increasing pressure to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. district court Judge Callie Granade believes the state Sanctity of Marriage Amendment violates the due-process and equal-protection clauses of the U.S. More than 81% of Alabama residents voted in 2006 to amend their state Constitution to define marriage as the institution of one man and woman.īut because U.S.
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