Oregon Supreme Court Again Refuses to Honor it's Responsibility to the People Employs Double Standard June 12, 2008 | | Last week I reported to Concerned Oregonians that, "The Oregon Supreme Court failed again this week to take action on the Attorney General's certified ballot title for Initiative Petition 145." That statement holds true for this week as well, ending any possibility of gathering the required signatures for a November VOTE on the most radical change in social and moral policy by the Oregon Legislature in Oregon history. If the Court acts on June 18th, it will be eight weeks since "both the Secretary of State and the Attorney General submitted a legally vetted and approved certified ballot title to Oregon's seven Supreme Court Justices for approval" just to circulate petitions. Whereas the Court in 2004 approved a certified ballot title in three weeks leaving only 5 weeks to gather the more than 100,000 required signatures to defend traditional marriage, this court apparently learned the hard way what the people of Oregon could do if given five weeks and decided to sit on their hands as well as on Initiative 145. Insufficient time remains now to create, print, distribute petitions and collect over 100,000 signatures by July 3rd. Standing from left to right: Justice Rives Kistler*, Justice Martha Lee Walters, Justice Virginia L. Linder*. Seated from left to right: Justice W. Michael Gillette, Chief Justice Paul J. De Muniz, Justice Robert D. Durham, and Justice Thomas A. Balmer, This court - like the California Supreme Court - continues to ignore the very evident concerns of the people when it comes to culturally important moral and constitutional issues, as well as matters of conscience, preferring instead to expedite decisions for those whose objectives are monetary and secular. | | Case in point Whereas it took the Oregon Supreme Court fifteen (15) weeks and twenty two (22) weeks respectively to approve two significant Initiatives dealing with moral issues, one dealing with homosexuality and the other allowing "State Or Local Governments To Use Their Regulatory Authority To Restrict "Strip Acts", it took only four (4) weeks for the Court to act on a gambling issue. In just four (4) weeks the Oregon Supreme Court on February 14, 2008 approved the certified ballot title for Initiative petition 141 to amend the Oregon Constitution to allow Voters to "Authorize A Single Private Casino Within The State." Further, after a review of every proposed Initiative in the State of Oregon from 2006 to the present, and the time between the appeal to the Court and their decision, it is clear there is a double standard, one for moral issues, and another for secular issues. Oregonians should remember these facts in the November election when it comes to returning incumbent democrat legislators who ignored the voters, and judges who wish to be re-elected to carry out their social agendas.
* As reported by 365Gay.com on November 8, 2006, the day after the General Election, "Judge Virginia LInder will join Rives Kistler on the Oregon Supreme Court, making it the first state ever to have two openly gay Supreme Court Justices."
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| "Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them." Justice Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Ct. 1811-1845
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