It's A Republic

The United States is a republic, which means that minorities have rights that cannot be removed by the electoral whims of the majority. These rights are guaranteed by the constitution (freedom of speech, of religion, of due process, and so forth) and by a judiciary that is supposed to be independent.

Whenever they disagree with a judge's ruling, the right wing nuts consistently attack the judicial independence of judges. The extremists label any ruling with which they disagree as judicial activism and the extremists make the charge that the judge is creating law.

Recently, they are complaining about a state ruling in Iowa that allowed gays to (gasp!) marry. One extremist is calling for the judge to be impeached. I applaud the judge for ensuring the rights of gays.

The real complaint of the right wing nuts is that the ruling treats gays as equal to heterosexuals. I wish the extremists would get a life and leave me to my own.