Posted on 08/14/2005 6:27:18 PM PDT by CarlEOlsoniii
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- America's judicial system is ''unelected, unaccountable and arrogant,'' Focus on the Family founder James Dobson told the thousands of people who packed a Nashville church for ''Justice Sunday II,'' a rally televised for broadcast to churches across the country.
The goal of the rally was to educate evangelical Christians about the U.S. Supreme Court and get them talking to friends and elected officials about what they want from their justices, said organizer Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.
Many of the speeches targeted the Supreme Court's power and what the writers of the Constitution intended for the justices to do.
''All wisdom does not reside in nine persons in black robes,'' House Majority Leader Tom DeLay told the crowd. ''The Constitution is clear on the point that the power to make laws is vested on Congress.''
The president of The Catholic League, Bill Donahue, suggested a constitutional amendment to say that ''unless a judicial vote is unanimous, you cannot overturn a law created by Congress.''
The court is trying to ''take the hearts and souls of our culture,'' he said.
Dobson evoked the framers of the Constitution, saying: ''These activist, unelected judges believe they know better than the American people about the direction the country should go. The framers of our great nation did not intend for the courts to have absolute and final power over us.''
Protesters of were also vocal Sunday, both outside Two Rivers Baptist Church where the rally was held and across town, where a group of religious leaders held a separate event to counter what they saw as an extremist message.
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"unelected, unaccountable and arrogant"
Add abusive. It's an abuse of power--it's as simple as that.
The world is evil. Now, why would an evangelical think this is new or news?
Just out of curiosity: What is the end game here? Elected Supreme Court justices? Term limits for Supreme Court justices (that worked just swell for Congress, didn't it)? No Supreme Court justices? And that "unanimous decision amendment" seems pretty bogus. Some of these people are starting to look pretty silly. Maybe what we really need are national referendums on key issues.
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