Minnery wrong to attack Judge Christen (Palin Court appointment)

Alaska Dispatch ^ | Mar 5, 2009 | Wev Shea

[SolidWood]

In the past, I have supported the work of Jim Minnery, president of the Alaska Family Council. But Mr. Minnery crossed the line with his recent hit-piece, an email sent to thousands of Alaskans criticizing our new Supreme Court justice -- Superior Court Judge Morgan Christen, one of two finalists whose names had been submitted to Gov. Sarah Palin.

The governor appointed Judge Christen to the Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday. Judge Christen is the second woman in state history to serve on the high court.

I have known Judge Christen for almost 20 years. As a mother and wife, she is an Alaskan who knows the value of life. But Mr. Minnery obviously does not know Judge Christen personally or professionally. He disgracefully attacked Christen, calling her "another activist on the Court." No Alaskan is more dedicated to family, children and Alaska's most foundational values in the U.S. and Alaskan Constitutions than Judge Christen.

Mr. Minnery's attack on Judge Christen is a disgrace to all Alaskans. I am not a liberal member of the Alaska Bar Association. I am a pro-life Christian conservative who supports Judge Christen. I wrote Mr. Minnery, expressing my disgust for his unconscionable attacks. Here is my letter:

Dear Jim Minnery:

Jim, I am sure I hold some of the same values you do.

I have supported you in the past.

I am a lifelong "pro-life" Christian.

I am "not a liberal lawyer" ... I am more conservative than 99% of Alaska's Justices, judges and attorneys.

And, probably, I am more conservative than you are.

I can assure you I know Judge Morgan Christen and her intelligence, values and integrity; she is truly exceptional.

You have done a grave disservice to the citizens of Alaska in attacking Judge Morgan Christen.

There is "no one" more fit to be on Alaska's Supreme Court than Judge Morgan Christen.

Judge Morgan Christen's personal and professional life experiences make her "uniquely" qualified for our Supreme Court.

Your "press hit piece" attack on Judge Morgan Christen is "childlike."

... and you certainly do not know "lawyers" as you should to be in a position of "family" leadership.

Sir, you do not have a clue on the "integrity, honor, commitment to life and beliefs" of Judge Morgan Christen.

You are in no position to define the fundamental beliefs of this wonderful dedicated mother, wife and exceptional public servant.

If you question my position call me at my office or at home.

You need to understand the gravity of your incompetence as it is directly related to "your purported" Christian family leadership.

I encourage you to "seek the truth" before you ever again attack Judge Morgan Christian.

You are totally unfit to even attempt to define the integrity and values of Judge Morgan Christen.

Again, I am easy to find ... you want to debate me ... name the forum ... let's address your "total lack of understanding"!!

I know Judge Morgan Christen will "forgive you" ... but it will take me a little time since I demand "trust" before forgiveness!!

Your trust must be "earned" to receive "my" forgiveness since you apparently have no concept of Biblical truth!

I suggest to apologize to all Alaskans and particularly Judge Morgan Christen for your demonstrated incompetent leadership.

I look forward to your immediate public apology to Judge Morgan Christen and all Alaskans.

Respectfully,

Wev Shea

[SolidWood]

PING. Especially to all those jumping to conclusions about Justice Morgan Christen.

[mnehring]

BUMP!!!!!!!

Thank You!!

[jla]

Excellent post!

SarahPac

[txnativegop]

A nice dressing down and a public challenge. Good.

[SolidWood]

I hope that Gov. Palin or Judge Christen themselves will issue a statement on these charges.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Thank you for posting this..I read about Judge Christen, she sounds like a good woman and I know she will do a wonderful job

[blackie]

Thanks, good job!!

[mnehring]

Ping

[mnehring]

Ping for the pro-life ping lists..

[euram]

Thanks for posting this. The whole non-issue of the Supreme Court selection is being exploited by Palin bashers, left right and center. My prediction remains that those exploiting this as an anti-Palin tactic will see it backfire on them.

[SolidWood]

Palin must have weighted and considered her decision.
It would make else no sense... since Gov. Palin’s first Supreme Court pick 2008 is a clearly pro-life judge, and Gov. Palin beside her track record of a pro-life stance public and private, has expressedly voiced her support for the reintroduction of parental consent.

[Sarah Barracuda]

All of these hates should focus more on the collapsing of our democracy and what is happening on Wall Street instead of bashing a wonderful human being who was just following the Constitution that she reads everyday. Alaskan’s know the truth and they trust their Governor. Let’s go after the real enemy, Barack Obama and the Democratic party

[ari-freedom]

she may be the least bad choice but I’m not aware of any reason to be jumping up and down for her

[Sarah Barracuda]

I was watching a Charlie Rose interview he did with Sarah Palin, in it she uses a saying that Bill Cosby has said..

“the key to failure is to try and please everyone or you’ll never get anything done”. Very relevant to this judge issue.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Over here ping!

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Ping of interest concerning Palin's newest Supreme Court of Alaska appointment. Particularly for those who had issues with this following Fagan's misleading article here.

To reiterate: Morgan Christen was a former member of an organization that would later go on to become a chapter of Planned Parenthood. She was NOT part of that organization when they began offering abortions in Alaska.

[mnehring]

This is interesting, the Alaska Family Council has removed all the letters and references to Christen off their website.

http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=web&cs=utf8&q=site%3Aalaskafamilycouncil.org+christen&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref

The charges against her have been purged.. I wonder if they where played with bad information?

[GLDNGUN]

And here's this gem:

"Minnery says he is not upset with Palin and says the fault lies with the Judicial Council for sending her no candidates that his group could really get behind."

So Minnery himself says Palin's hands were tied and that she had no choice. Let's just assume the worst and that both judges are liberals. Minnery for some unknown reason that he can't even state thinks one of them is slightly more conservative, but Palin obviously disagrees and picks the other. And that's a reason to savage Palin? This will be the end of Palin's career? I'm trying to think of something more stupid than that, but I'm stumped right now.

[SolidWood]

Read #18 and #19!