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Iowa GOP Proposes “Supreme Court Proof” Gay Marriage Ban

he House Republicans are getting desperate. 6 have signed on as co-sponsors of a bill which not only bans marriage between gay couples, but states that the law is “un-reviewable” by the Supreme Court. If it passes, the Supreme Court would be barred from hearing any challenges.

After the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that marriage between same sex couples was a constitutional right, conservatives have been searching for any possibility to overturn that decision.

This new idea sounds highly suspicious, but while the state Attorney General is “unquestionably unconstitutional,” one Drake University Law Professor says that it may be legal on a small technicality.

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LOL WE BELIEVE IN A STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION BUT WE ARE GOING TO VIOLATE THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM BY MAKING A LAW THAT YOU CAN’T REVIEW OR OVERTURN


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