Posted on 05/23/2005 7:07:07 AM PDT by marylandrepub1
Stripping Senate Democrats of their right to filibuster judicial nominees is a prelude to a broader assault on the judiciary known as “court stripping.”
What Shelby and his backers are really after is gay marriage. If the Constitution Restoration Act of 2004 were law, the Massachusetts Supreme Court could not have ruled that two people of the same sex can marry. “They’re doing in a sense what Iraq is trying to do,” says Lichtman, “make religious law supreme and not reviewable by any court, least of all the Supreme Court.” She adds that while Jews have to speak up, along with Muslims and Buddhists, this is a fight within Christianity because it refers to an orthodoxy and a very new and strict construction of the Bible that trumps everything else, including civil law.
This is dangerous business when an inflamed minority, the religious right, demands the ouster of any judge that doesn’t rule their way. The framers intended the judiciary to serve as a check on power, which is why judges are appointed for life, and once they ascend they’re supposed to be protected from the political process. Republicans say all they want is a simple up-and-down vote, but the Founding Fathers were worried about the abuse of power. Sixty votes forces a consensus. The Electoral College is a brake on popular will. This is a constitutional democracy, not winner takes all. Otherwise, George W. Bush wouldn’t have prevailed in 2000.
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Another great Newsweak employee!
Marriage between a man and a woman is a NEW IDEA in the Christian faith?
Huh! News to me.
very new and strict construction of the Bible that trumps everything else, including civil law. This is dangerous business when an inflamed minority, the religious right, demands the ouster of any judge that doesn’t rule their way
(Maybe I need to create a “Screeching Harridan” superhero graphic.)
Hardly Eleanor! The Bible states that a man who lies down with another man as he would with a woman is abhorrent. That's pretty clear.
Liberals want to usurp God.
Eleanor, When I want $hit from you, I'll squeeze yer head! Now STFU!!!!
But that was the mean old testament God.
Since Jesus came, we have a newer improved one. He lets you do anything you want!
Yes, but at least she is honest about what she wants the courts to do(perhaps because she is so stupid.) The other demon-crats are talking about judicial activism on the right, civil rights, etc. They are taking advantage that most people don't have a clue as to what is in the constitution or what the courts are doing. They just want someone else to pay the taxes, and the government takes care of everything.
How about how John McLaughlin has joined Cliff on almost every issue?
good stuff, check the Wallbuilders website for quotes from the first Supreme Court Chief Justice, John Jay.
Hi Gypsy,
PLEASE don't use Leviticus! There are other, better quotes. Family members of mine have all the Leviticus "abominations" memorized - shellfish, blind people worshipping, wearing two different types of cloth, etc etc etc.
Use other Biblical verses, including the New Testament ones, but PLEASE don't give them fire by using Leviticus.
oops...
meant the normalization of the breaking of the commandments!!
Bump for ref
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