tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post2483682065637221202..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: Obergefell is LawTurretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-89559798276108469352015-09-21T11:17:58.151+01:002015-09-21T11:17:58.151+01:00Thanks for the clarification, TF.
Hoping your we...Thanks for the clarification, TF. <br /><br />Hoping your well. Reformed Apologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398596496540697639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-25383907935506729252015-09-20T22:11:04.372+01:002015-09-20T22:11:04.372+01:00Reformed Apologist:
I think my point was that th...Reformed Apologist: <br /><br />I think my point was that the expression "legislating from the bench" is just a pejorative term for a category of decisions that one doesn't like.<br /><br />-TurretinFanTurretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-7725804011841987572015-09-20T22:07:14.302+01:002015-09-20T22:07:14.302+01:00Geoff - thanks for the heads up! I don't thin...Geoff - thanks for the heads up! I don't think Steve's point disputes the central thesis of my post. Definitely some good food for thought, though!Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-91234662212425873342015-09-20T17:55:14.031+01:002015-09-20T17:55:14.031+01:00http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2015/09/judicial-au...http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2015/09/judicial-authority.html<br /><br />A response to you.geoffrobinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14949411893531888555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-22178064341032320792015-09-18T19:04:57.941+01:002015-09-18T19:04:57.941+01:00TF,
If there is something that can be rightly cal...TF,<br /><br />If there is something that can be rightly called "legislating from the bench," what disqualifies something from beng that? I agree that it can't be that one merely disagrees with the judicial decision or even that it sets a "new" precedent that was not recognized as a reasonable application of the prior existing law. However. those sorts of things can surelyReformed Apologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398596496540697639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-48865043230662419042015-09-17T23:51:53.673+01:002015-09-17T23:51:53.673+01:00TF,
fairly straightforward legal arguments here.
...TF,<br /><br />fairly straightforward legal arguments here.<br /><br />I'm going through the legal history as put forth in the Syllabus OBERGEFELL ET AL. v. HODGES, DIRECTOR, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ET AL. . Here is something within that Syllabus I want to note and take issue with. <br /><br />The Judge writes: // Well into the 20th century, many States condemned same-sex intimacy as michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744678277860175675noreply@blogger.com