Bishop Harry Jackson of Hope Christian Church
Posted on 05/19/2005 7:03:51 PM PDT by bitt
Black leaders and conservative senators join forces to break the filibuster on judicial nominees—starting with Janice Rogers Brown.
Black church leaders and conservative senators are pressing for an up-or-down vote as judicial nominee Janice Rogers Brown heads for the Senate floor. Bishop Harry Jackson is joining Sens. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and Sam Brownback, R-Kan., in touting the well-qualified nominee.
Brown, a Supreme Court justice in California, was one of two nominees that made it out of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week—the other was Priscilla Owen of Texas.
"Today we wanted to focus on Janice Rogers Brown," Brownback said. "She's an outstanding, qualified nominee. She's been put forward for a long period of time, and it's just time to get a vote—up or down."
Bishop Harry Jackson of Hope Christian Church said Brown is the daughter of a sharecropper.
"For black voters, she represents someone who would understand the struggle that blacks deal with," Jackson said.
Brown's mainly liberal opponents say her public statements put her far out of the mainstream.
Said Rob Boston, a spokesman for Americans United for the Separation of Church and State: "That kind of rhetoric—that there's a religious war underway, that there's a big cultural divide—might be appropriate for a TV preacher, but it's jarring coming from someone who hopes to occupy a seat on the federal appeals court."
Few conservatives would agree, however, that acknowledging the obvious is somehow out of the mainstream. Professor John Eastman, who is with the California-based Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, said by attacking Brown, the Democrats are setting themselves up for a fall.
"I would be delighted if the poster child for this obstruction campaign of the Democrats were Janice Brown," Eastman said. "I can think of nothing more damaging to their long-term credibility."
Janice Rogers Brown is up for a seat on the prestigious U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Most of the opposition to her nomination has been that she's a strict constructionist—meaning she interprets the Constitution as written instead of injecting personal opinion into her decisions.
TAKE ACTION Please contact your senator and ask him or her to support allowing Janice Rogers Brown's nomination to come to a vote on the Senate floor.
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also see:
http://www.townhall.com/news/politics/200504/POL20050426a.shtml
Are these Blacks, that are walking arm in arm with Conservatives, democrats, or Republicans?
Bishop Harry Jackson of Hope Christian Church
He announced that people of faith in the African Community and white evangelicals were officially marking a partnership to restore this country to its moral foundings. IMO, the Dems are scared out of their wits after that rally. Because it's true. Christians of all races have had enough and are joining together to fight back.
Bishop Harry Jackson, Democrat or Republican?
What difference does that make?
The press conference was great. They are dead serious.
And they have a chant: "Up or down for Janice Brown." I stole it for my tagline.
Well that sure beats "Fix it, don't mix it" ;-)
Seriously it's great to see black religious leaders come forward and stand up for Judge Brown.
very much a supporter of President Bush.
http://www.thehopeconnection.org/welcome.htm
The rats are trying to corral a flock they thought they owned after 40-50 years of lies. They already lost.
My Black neighbors don't have much time to pay attention this stuff now. They will pay attention when Janice Brown is sent to the killing fields by old, elitist, white rats.
We are not a multicultural society. We are a multiethnic one. Color is meaningless and we are the same race.
What does it matter? Although I am troubled that race is what it takes to awaken people at least they are now involved and perhaps will infect others.
African-American conservatives?? Time for the idiots in the Congressional Black Carcass to drink the Koolaid. You first Maxine.
For one and only reason, if Bishop Harry Jackson is a democrat, that's big news. If not, it's the same story and by election time, all will be forgotten and forgiven.
There has has never been a racial difference between human beings. There were just ethnic and color differences caused by location. It was a hoax. You can make love and procreate with the lightest of women in Britain and the darkest of women in Africa. We are the same race.
And also a Harvard Businesss School graduate.
Ok where's the law clerk with the pubic hair on her can of Coke. Oops they already tried that.
Tell that to ole Jessie Jagmo!
Hey you rats...bring it! 60 Republicans in the Senate in 06. Just in time for the SCOTUS retirees.
LOL - below that picture on that page you linked to is this:
"Instant-Message this image to your friends using the link below:"
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