Palin pick to be Alaska's 2nd female on high court(once served on the board of Planned Parenthood )

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[patriotmediaa]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has appointed a state judge who once served on the board of Planned Parenthood to the state Supreme Court, against the urgings of a conservative group who claimed the pick would put "another activist" on the court.

Anchorage Superior Court Judge Morgan Christen, 47, will be the second woman to serve on the state's high court. Former Gov. Tony Knowles appointed current Chief Justice Dana Fabe in 1996. Christen was one of two judges recommended for the post by the Alaska Judicial Council, an independent citizen's commission that evaluates judicial appointments for the governor.

Palin said she had "every confidence that Judge Christen has the experience, intellect, wisdom and character to be an outstanding Supreme Court justice." But the Alaska Family Council, a conservative Christian group that advocates against gay marriage and abortion rights, had said Christen was the more liberal of the two choices. Palmer Superior Court Judge Eric Smith was the other applicant.

The group said Smith would be more inclined "to turn back the tide of activism" while Christen would side with other justices against laws like the one struck down in 2006 requiring girls 16 and younger to obtain parental consent to receive an abortion.

[SoConPubbie]

But does that negate what the gov. cited as her confidence: Palin said she had "every confidence that Judge Christen has the experience, intellect, wisdom and character to be an outstanding Supreme Court justice."

The so-called "conservative Christian group" was backing the other candidate who was proven to be very liberal and not very pro-life at all.

There is very little, if any at all, evidence to support the charge that Christen is liberal.

If you have found any, please provide the evidence as this issue has been hashed out all day and none has been found. Just some unfounded and unsupported accusations by this group and the Lame-stream media.

[SoConPubbie]

Christen had served on the board of Planned Parenthood in the 1990s before the organization started performing abortions in Alaska in 2003.

Actually, I believe the organization in question was not part of Planned Parenthood until 10 years after her service on the board.

Furthermore, the organization was not involved in abortion and did not support abortion at that time.

[SoConPubbie]

Careful Gina, Sarah is the new protected class here. LOL

Hey pissant, grow-up.

You were on the thread where this crap was debunked.

You have no excuse for this kind of nonsense.

[SoConPubbie]

I pray that the Republicans will not throw another idiot like Palin at us for President. Why must we have idiots like Bush, Obama, or Palin as president? Why can’t we have smart guys like Sessions or DeMint for president? I am really starting to think that there is a council of elders that are running the USA and they put a puppet figure head in charge while they (the council of elders) are really running the show.

The only idiot here, my dear, is you, for following for the Left-wing MSM's narrative and smear tactics.

[SoConPubbie]

For those of you looking for the truth on this issue, you might want to read through the following threads as they contain a boat-load of research and facts:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2200773/posts?page=380

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2199866/posts

[pissant]

Before you take Wev Shea’s ringing endorsement about Miss Christen, you might want to read this. Like I said, shades of Fred going on here - farts smelling like roses.

http://thomasalamb.blogspot.com/2009/03/andrew-halcro-palin-pick-brillant.html

[GinaLolaB]

Careful Gina, Sarah is the new protected class here. LOL

You are so right. It reminds of when Julia-annie was running for prez. LOL

[patriotmediaa]

why not pick someone not from Alaska Judicial Council