Louisiana Republicans accuse Justices Ginsburg and Kagan of marriage equality bias
Democratic state House lawmakers in Louisiana were caught by surprise on Monday when their Republican counterparts pushed through a resolution calling for Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan to recuse themselves from a case involving same-sex marriage bans.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that Concurrent Resolution 85 went through without a single opposing vote. The non-binding resolution will now go to the state Senate. “I know I didn’t pay attention,” state Rep. Karen St. Germain said. “Usually somebody does.”
Louisiana’s law against marriage equality is one of the four state bans being considered by the high court in the Obergefell v. Hodges case. The resolution argued that Ginsburg and Kagan have “engaged in public conduct” suggesting that they would be likely to rule that such laws are unconstitutional.
“Justices Ginsberg and Kagan have each officiated highly publicized same-sex 19 marriages that would potentially be affected by the ruling in these cases,” it stated. “Therefore, justices thus may have a predisposition to vote in these cases to validate the marriages they have performed.”
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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/04/louisiana-republicans-accuse-justices-ginsburg-and-kagan-of-marriage-equality-bias/
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