Huckabee Wants To Impeach Judge Who Struck Down Ark. Gay Marriage Ban

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee sits down for lunch before speaking at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Huckabee isn’t rushing to have his name included am... Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee sits down for lunch before speaking at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Huckabee isn’t rushing to have his name included among the crowded field of potential Republican presidential candidates. But he isn’t closing the door, either, as he meets Thursday with the GOP’s cardinals at the Republican National Committee.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh) MORE LESS
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Sunday called for the state to impeach the judge who struck down Arkansas’ same-sex marriage ban on Friday, according to The Hill.

“The Governor should call a special session of the legislature and impeach the judge and affirm the people’s will. If the people wish to allow same sex marriage, they can put that matter on the ballot and vote for it,” Huckabee said in a statement from his political action committee, Huck PAC.

Huckabee signed the same-sex marriage ban into law as governor in 1997. In his Sunday statement, Huckabee highlighted that the bill was co-sponsored by a Democrat and passed “overwhelmingly” by both chambers. Huckabee criticized Judge Chris Piazza for his “massacre of the law and the will of the people.”

“Judge Chris Piazza, a circuit court judge in my home state of Arkansas, decided that he is singularly more powerful than the 135 elected legislators of the state, the elected Governor, and 75% of the voters of the state. Apparently he mistook his black robe for a cape and declared himself to be ‘SUPER LAWMAKER!'” Huckabee wrote. “The dangerous precedent of elected officials allowing one single member of the judicial branch to become Lord God of law is dangerous and unconstitutional.”

The former governor specifically criticized Piazza for issuing the ruling at the close of business, “cowardly making it impossible for the attorney general or other attorneys to file for an immediate stay.”

Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel asked Piazza to stay the ruling and will also appeal the decision, sending the case to the Arkansas Supreme Court. However, Arkansas county clerks have already begun issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

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  1. I guess the same could be said for slavery!!! If the people want put it on the ballot and say yay or nay to slavery that’s ok? Indentured servitude? This guy nuts.

  2. I guess he doesn’t understand that one of the reasons we have a judicial branch is to overturn legislative activities that violate the Constitution. Oh, and the Arkansas judge is certainly not the first one to find the ban on gay marriage to be unconstitutional. Is he suggesting that all of these judges should be impeached? Wow…

  3. You are definitely NOT my Huckleberry Friend!

  4. Avatar for jsfox jsfox says:

    A bill of rights…serves to secure the minority against the usurpation and tyranny of the majority.”

  5. No Huckleberry. You and your fellow adherents of Christian Dominionism want to trash the Constitution and erect your version of a strict theocracy over this country. That’s what it’s all about.

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