Letters: Separation of powers

Published: Tuesday, March 5 2013 12:00 a.m. MST

Summary

Is it the duty of the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of matters of law brought before it? Should they be free to make their decisions without any interference from the other two branches of government? Is it proper, then, for the president of the United States, regardless of any political party, to put strong influence and pressure upon the justices? Isn't President Obama out of line to announce and promulgate a campaign to sway the decision of the court regarding their deliberations on the constitutionality of changing the definition of traditional marriage? Would not this principle of non-interference also be true in the future?

Don S. Robertson

Spanish Fork

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Roland Kayser

Cottonwood Heights, UT

The answers to your questions are No, No, and No. Every administration files briefs with the Supreme Court laying out their position on various issues. They always have, they always will.

12:33 a.m. March 5, 2013
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Furry1993

Ogden, UT

@Don S. Robertson

President Obama is NOT out of line to announce a legal position on the issue of who is eliible to marry, nor is he trying to promulgate a campaign to sway the decision of the court regarding their deliberations on the More..

5:32 a.m. March 5, 2013
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The Real Maverick

Orem, UT

Lol.

Study history please.

When hasn't the president tried to influence the other branches of gov? And vice versa?

What Obama has done isn't any different than what the other 43 presidents have done.

6:12 a.m. March 5, 2013
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