Judicial Fiat
"A bare majority of this court, not satisfied with the pace of democratic change, now abruptly forestalls that process and substitutes, by judicial fiat, its own social policy views for those expressed by the People themselves," said the dissent written by Associate Justice Marvin R. Baxter and joined by Associate Justice Ming W. Chin.
"Undeterred by the strong weight of state and federal law and authority, the majority invents a new constitutional right," the opinion said.
You may be happy about it because you believe gays should be able to be married, but be warned, it's not always going to be something you want. This isn't about gay marriage, this is about judges overstepping their bounds.
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