Posted on 02/22/2019 2:42:42 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Religious tests are unacceptable––we should never let people of faith be automatically disqualified from public service due to their closely held beliefs.
Dissenting in Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage, Justice Samuel Alito gravely predicted that “those who cling to old beliefs will be able to whisper their thoughts in the recesses of their homes, but if they repeat those views in public, they will risk being labeled as bigots and treated as such by governments, employers, and schools.”
He was right. In Wisconsin, this campaign of religious intolerance has claimed a new casualty in Gordon Giampietro, President Trump’s former nominee to a vacant seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. He was revealed to be removed from the list of renominations Trump issued on January 22. Democrats have all but ensured that, for the crime of publicly voicing the teachings of his faith, Giampietro will never sit on the federal bench.
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We need to start taking down democRATs because they are really Communists.
Everyday they provide more ammo for their opposition’s campaign............provided they have the good sense to use it.............
Screw the blue slip, Linda.
Why is Graham allowing Democrats to veto qualified judicial nominees? Bring back Grassley.
President Trump’s staff should NOT have caved to the anti-Christian bigots and removed this good man from the list of renominees. It will only encourage more anti-Christian bigotry.
Sickening. I do not blame the democrats, they are doing what they always do. They are doing EXACTLY what we are letting them get away with. I wonder what deal was made?
If they don’t have enough spine to withstand the senate questions they will never stand as judges
Repubs have the votes. Ex cerise it
How many judges has linda gotten approved? My understanding is none.
The Senate has a Republican majority. He Turtle. What are YOU allowing?
same reason Feinstein is still on the committee after she withheld information regarding Kavanaugh. No balls.
Why is Graham allowing Democrats to veto qualified judicial nominees? Bring back Grassley.
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Graham 1.0 is resurrected.
I think your anger needs to be re-focused. A rat is a rat and that's all it knows how to be. You should be angry at those who don't know how to stand up to rats when they have the power to do so. See, the problem is people who want to blame the minority who have no power and frighten people from doing what is right...because...well.....they may scream and holler.
A lot of Freepers recognize this as a ramping up in the war against the Old Enemy. BLOAT is insufficient. GRWJ.
The Communism Lives Loudly in People of the Left!
I’m sure all muslim nominees will be rejected
From James Madison’s notes, March 30, 1787, in the Philadelphia Convention:
“Mr. Pinkney. moved to add to the art:—”but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the authority of the U. States”
Mr. Sherman thought it unnecessary, the prevailing liberality being a sufficient security agst. such tests.”
It took 230 years for Roger Sherman to be proven wrong, but not in the way Charles Pinkney probably anticipated.
At what point does the committee chairman jump to his feet and cut them off at the knees? The Constitution is there for a reason...ENFORCE IT!!!
I think this is also about the Constitution.
1.It says our rights come from God.
2. It protects us from the ruling elite.
They can’t afford a judge that will support the document that impedes them.
Spineless GOP & President...
Thought the blue slips were a thing of the past.... Where are Senate leaders...Down between Pelosi’s & Schumer’s legs???
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