It's hard to believe that Fred Thompson once was ballyhooed as the '08 savior who would galvanize the GOP's Christian conservatives. Those summer days seem like eons ago, because every time this guy opines on an issue near and dear to the religious right, he probably loses another congregation.
A week ago, for instance, Thompson declared that the GOP Congress had no business intruding in the Terri Schiavo case back in 2005 — a stance that is deemed anathema by social and religious conservatives, who believe that President Bush and the reigning Republicans were correct when they endeavored to dictate their view of morality to a grieving Florida family.
Thompson's federalism draws no 'amens' from religious right
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It's where monumental decisions are made: Refusing to reinsert Terry Schiavo's feeding tube, allowing Elian Gonzalez to return to Cuba, declining to block ballot recounts in Florida during the 2000 presidential election.
Yet, the important work of the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals is conducted in a 96-year-old building in downtown Atlanta that's so jammed, 80 employees have to work off site.
Federal appeals court to expand
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