By MATT APUZZO FEB. 24, 2014

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Monday injected the Obama administration into the emotional and politicized debate over the future of state same-sex marriage bans, declaring in an interview that state attorneys general are not obligated to defend laws that they believe are discriminatory.

Mr. Holder was careful not to encourage his state counterparts to disavow their own laws, but said that officials who have carefully studied bans on gay marriage could refuse to defend them.

Six state attorneys general — all Democrats — have refused to defend bans on same-sex marriage, prompting criticism from Republicans who say they have a duty to stand behind their state laws, even if they do not agree with them.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/us/hol...mp;emc=rss&_r=0

This lawless direction is evidence that this Holder guy is corrupt and clearly in violation of his oath of office. [as is the President]

"It is highly unusual for the United States attorney general to advise his state counterparts on how and when to refuse to defend state laws. But Mr. Holder said when laws touch on core constitutional issues like equal protection, an attorney general should apply the highest level of scrutiny before reaching a decision on whether to defend it. He said the decision should never be political or based on policy objections."

The new/old teaching that we are more equal than they.

“It really isn’t his job to give us advice on defending our constitutions any more than it’s our role to give him advice on how to do his job,” said Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen of Wisconsin, a Republican. “We are the ultimate defenders of our state constitutions.”

Quote: Cincinnatus wrote in post #6

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Holder is not advising these AGs just to ignore laws which they do not "approve" but to ignore the oaths they took to protect and defend the laws of the state they represent. This is a prescription for despotism politically and amorality personally. I suppose it shouldn't be, given the history of this administration and this particular individual, but such an advisory coming from the Attorney General of the United States is shocking. I believe he ought be removed from office this is so disgraceful.

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