Posted on 07/26/2005 12:33:51 PM PDT by Pyro7480
The LA Times story by Jonathan Turley, stating that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts would recuse himself if "the law required a ruling that his church considers immoral," was "fed to the LA Times" by Sen. Dick Durbin's office, Sean Hannity just stated minuted again. The story quotes Roberts making such a statement after being asked by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) "what he would do if the law required a ruling that his church considers immoral."
The truth of the story was uncovered by staff at Hannity's radio show.
"and if roberts uses that in his rebuttal, we'll know he's at least read the constitution"
Or is a freeper!
"Why is the US Senate exempt from the EEOC laws?"
They are not, however, immune for expulsion by violating their oath to uphold the the Constitution of the United States.
As above, they violate Article VI, Clause 3 by such religious test questions.
Another Democratic red herring. Ask how many times Justice Scalia has had to recuse himself because of the same religion in matters since he arrived on the bench?
Answer: Zero.
Damn, how did Karl Rove manipulate Durbin so he'd get caught leaking a fake story to the extremist left wing LAT. Well, there's no question, a man with any honor, just the scintilla of integrity, would have to resign. Durbin will have to resign over this and Rove arranged the whole deal!
You're right. Turley's always been truthful -- he's a liberal, but an honest one...
Damn, how did Karl Rove manipulate Durbin so he'd get caught leaking a fake story to the extremist left wing LAT.
Durbin's questioning what Roberts would do if a law required doing what his church considered immoral is interesting.
What did he expect? Of course, it was a trap, and the kind that any nominee can expect from Far Left politicians whose arrogance is the only thing that exceeds their ignorance of America's founding principles.
The Left likes to claim and quote Thomas Jefferson as the final source for their counterfeit interpretation and misuse of his phrase in the letter to the Baptists, but they never use a plethora of other statements by Thomas Jefferson that do not agree with their agenda.
Some Jefferson statements which might be relevant to today's discussion are:
"All men shall be free to profess and by argument to maintain their opinions in matters of religion, and... the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.",/b> --Thomas Jefferson: Statute for Religious Freedom, 1779. ME 2:302, Papers 2:546
"Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry." --Thomas Jefferson: Statute for Religious Freedom, 1779. ME 2:301, Papers 2:545
"We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church." --Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Religion, 1776. Papers 1:546
"The proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust and emolument unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which, in common with his fellow citizens, he has a natural right." --Thomas Jefferson: Statute for Religious Freedom, 1779. ME 2:301, Papers 2:546
How did Hannity's staff "uncover the truth of the story"? By reading this morning's Washington Times?
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050726-121131-2535r.htm
Probably. ;-)
Roberts should ask Durbin if he would avoid voting on matters of moral conscience and see what he says (stem cell research, partial birth abortion) after all, I understand they are both Roman Catholic!
Thank you!!!!!!!
Durbin had his fingers tied behind his back. Besides, that was n't a Bible he took an oath on, that was the latest issue of Maxim.
Why is the US Senate exempt from the EEOC laws?
Becasue they're so full of themselves they think they're above the law...
I have a feeling that Professor Turley will not be taking Senator Durbin at his word in the future.
You've got that right. I'm anxious to see his "payback".
bttt
Well, well, well. Durbin caught in ANOTHER LIE!
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