“Republican presidential candidate Mick Huckabee insisted on Sunday that the president of the United States would not have to follow a ruling that struck down bans on same-sex marriage because the Supreme Court was not the “Supreme Being.”
“You seemed to indicate that as president, you wouldn’t necessarily obey court rulings, even the Supreme Court,” Fox News host Chris Wallace pointed out during an interview on Sunday. “We have operated under the principle of judicial review since the Marbury v. Madison case in 1803.”
According to the GOP candidate, the United States would be operating under “judicial supremacy” instead of judicial review if bans on same-sex marriage were to be struck down.”
Read more here:
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/mike-huckabee-next-president-must-obey-supreme-being-instead-of-supreme-court-on-gay-marriage/
John Iadarola (Think Tank; http://www.twitter.com/jiadarola), Ana Kasparian (The Point; http://www.twitter.com/AnaKasparian) & Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) of The Young Turks break it down.
Go to https://www.naturebox.com/tyt for a free trial and help us out while snacking out!
Get The Young Turks Mobile App Today!
Download the iOS version here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-young-turks/id412793195?ls=1&mt=8
Download the Android version here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tyt