HI: Judge Rules Against Two Women Wanting to Get Married

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

“Accordingly, Hawaii’s marriage laws are not unconstitutional,” the ruling states. “Nationwide, citizens are engaged in a robust debate over this divisive social issue. If the traditional institution of marriage is to be reconstructed, as sought by the plaintiffs, it should be done by a democratically elected legislature or the people through a constitutional amendment,” and not through the courts.

This sort of unthinking pseudo-populism isn't actually a legal argument of any kind, but whatever. Who appointed this Kay character?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

“Accordingly, Hawaii’s marriage laws are not unconstitutional,” the ruling states. “Nationwide, citizens are engaged in a robust debate over this divisive social issue. If the traditional institution of marriage is to be reconstructed, as sought by the plaintiffs, it should be done by a democratically elected legislature or the people through a constitutional amendment,” and not through the courts.

This sort of unthinking pseudo-populism isn't actually a legal argument of any kind, but whatever. Who appointed this Kay character?

That's just the conclusion, not the argument itself.

I'm aware of that, but the quality of the writing and points made in the conclusion does not inspire confidence in the argument. I seem to remember the dissent in the Ninth Circuit a while back being far better than this boilerplate.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

What a smart judge this guy is. Allegedly he is a magistrate judge appointed by fellow district judges, per a google search.

Certainly, nothing authorizes him to validate this rogue marriage.

He may very well be a smart judge, but there's nothing in the article at the start of this thread to indicate that.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Why are so many American judges effectively and essentially trolls?

Just for starters, in some states we actually elect them, but I don't believe Hawaii is one of those states.