Re: [Marxism] Sherry Wolf on gay marriage and divorce--from the Democrats

[Intense Red <intnsred@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 > With that kind of attitude you may give people the impression that you
 > have faith in either the US constitution or the 'justice' system that
 > is supposed to uphold it.
 
   Well, I do temporarily have *some* faith in it -- after all, since the 
country has not fully devolved into outright tyranny, the system has to be 
just and correct to some extent to maintain its legitimacy.

   But I thought I was clear when saying, "While I don't for a minute believe 
this is legal, it does prove the case that the law serves the ruling class. 
Constitutional or not is a secondary consideration -- courts will twist 
things any way they want to get a strongly desired outcome."

   The key there is "strongly desired". In 2000, the ruling class strongly 
desired Bush in office, and the SCOTUS didn't hesitate to craft a thoroughly 
nutty ruling to put him there. But just because courts will break rules and 
fly in the face of legal logic doesn't mean they do it all the time.

-- 
"Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day; teach a man how to fish, you ruin a 
wonderful business opportunity." -- Karl Marx, commenting on capitalism.

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