Supreme Court Case Analysis

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A dissenting opinion of the Supreme Court is an opinion the explains and records the thinking of those justices who did not agree with the majority. Controversially, Scalia, rather than merely state his views and disagreement, he uses heated language to accuse the Court of imperialism. I personally disagree with Scalia’s views. Scalia makes remarks that the Court made the wrong decision and that Obergefell itself is illegitimate. Scalia makes the Court itself no longer worthy of full respect. The Supreme Court of the United States deserves a measure of respect, regardless of how anyone feels about its position on a specific issue. Voicing an opinion such as Justice Scalia’s, is sincerely poisonous, harmful, and creates mistrust in both the Supreme Court and the government. Justice Scalia’s message is frightening and damaging to Americans and in a way borders treason. Treason is, “the crime of betraying one’s country, especially by overthrowing the government.” In his dissent he says, “A system of government that makes the People subordinate to a committee of nine unelected lawyers does not deserve to be …show more content…

It is obvious that the Court’s ruling did become personal to Scalia, even though he does not admit to it. In Scalia’s opinion issues like gay marriage should be determined by the People, at the state level, rather than leaving it up to nine Supreme Court Justices. In reality, this is not correct. Americas democracy relies on the Supreme Court of the United States to resolve conflicts that “arise when the electorate in one state sees things one way and another state’s electorate sees the issue another way, or when a state law tramples on rights covered by the overreaching federal law of the

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