06-26-2015, 12:04 PM
(06-26-2015, 11:54 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I need to read these opinions when I get home. I imagine Roberts would be more reasonable like his dissent for the DOMA case.
He was very reasoned in his approach. Scalia, not so much. Anyway, the CJ's dissent is more about concerns regarding the court defining marriage and the court making the decision rather than the people. In reading his dissent it is pretty clear that he is in favor of SSM, but doesn't think SCOTUS was the place to make it happen. His dissent is 29 pages long and he read it from the bench. This is the first time he has ever read a dissent from the bench.
