Posted on 03/06/2009 9:15:49 AM PST by EternalVigilance
In a move that should give social conservatives great pause, Governor Sarah Palin has appointed a former board member of Planned Parenthood to the Alaska State Supreme Court.
Palin appointed Anchorage Superior Court Judge Morgan Christen to the state’s highest court on Wednesday. Along with Christen’s former board member status with Planned Parenthood.
There is no disputing Palin’s appointment of Christen will cause the Alaska Supreme to lean left and will ensure a more activist court when it comes to gay marriage, and abortion. The Christen appointment is key because she replaces justice Warren Mathews, one of the dissenting votes striking down the parental consent legislation.
The Governor, who early on won the support of Alaska liberals after she pushed through an enormous, unprecedented tax increase on the oil industry, seems to be back in their good graces with this appointment.
ADN liberal bloggers responded to Palin’s Supreme Court appointment writing,
“Ohmigawd!??The governor's been taken over by space aliens.??What an improvement!”
“Wow. Way to go Palin! I can't believe I just said that. But hey, credit where credit is due.”
“Glad to see a woman in the position to balance out the court. Good for Palin for keeping bible thumper beliefs out of the court system and honoring the separation of Church and State.”
“This is the one good action that Sarah Palin has taken over the past three years. And I have no problem admitting it. Great pick!!!! So even if the wing-nut parental consent bill passes, the state Supremes now have enough votes to overturn it as unconstitutional.”
Granted Palin would have had to put up a fight to block the appointment of the far left Christen to the court. Under Alaska law the judicial council made up mostly of liberal lawyers gets to filter out candidates who do not hold a leftist background. The governor must pick from the names forwarded.
But former governor Frank Murkowski during his term fought the process and at first refused to name any of the names submitted to him. The liberal media beat him up pretty bad over it and he eventually caved.
If Governor Palin would have taken on this fight, it probably would have ended up in court. If she had taken up the fight and asked for all the candidates’ names that applied to be forwarded, it would have brought to the public’s attention that trial lawyers control the third branch of government in Alaska. But with the governor refusing to spend any political capital on this issue, it is sure to disappear from Alaska’s political landscape.
The governor caving into trial lawyers also guarantees an activist court will continue to push its agenda on the people of Alaska. It will continue to stand between you and your child, continue to redefine marriage and block development.
Palin appointing Christen kills any move by the legislature to pass parental consent legislation. The new court with Christen on it will surely strike down any new laws. This is one of the reason Palin’s caving is confusing. Just recently held a news conference standing side by side with conservative lawmakers sponsoring new parental consent legislation.
Refusing to fight for parental consent laws is risky for Palin. It clearly will help her avoid controversy from the liberal media. But conservatives supporting her won't like the fact she appointed a former Planned Parenthood board member to Alaska’s highest court.
Many of the governor’s conservative supporters have ignored her high taxes and liberal anti free market policies. They support her simply because she says she is pro-life and is open about her faith. But the Christen appointment proves that while the governor lives the pro-life message in her personal life, she is not willing to spend political capital on the issue in her political life.
You know what? I assumed you werent sincere and thats not fair to you. I apologize for that. What i want you to please think about, is how we get to where you want us to be, in an abortion-free society.
Sarah set an ironclad example by not doing what has basically become mainstream today. She did not abort when she understood that her baby had downs, most women today ould. She didnt encourage her young daughter to abort because she was young, and because it could have embarrassed her politically.
I would ask you to look in your heart, and try to imagine the emample she set for todays young women. They have been raised in a culture of abortion and see it the way we see voting or gun rights. They desperately need women who walk the talk.
Most people see Sarah as extremely pro-life. My fear is that when todays young women see that even Sarah doesnt meet your standards, they will think they can never win with conservatives. If this happens, we will be a minority party forever. Honest people think you are harming the pro-life cause by extremism.
Thank you.
There are a lot of links scattered through out to help with evidence and other information.. as always, never trust the MSM to give you the truth.
You should know by now that stupidity is not a liberal stronghold.
I try not to let anyone “give me” the truth.
It’s up to all of us to gather as much information as possible, from as many sources as possible, and then attempt to use common sense and rational thought (and some prayer) to come to a decision as top what “the truth” is.
Even then, it’s not easy knowing what “the truth” is.
8^)
Then yours is hardly the normal "state's righter's" argument.
One becomes tired of the incessant bleating about the right of states to determine this issue- A right never given to them in any sense whatsoever.
I am a State’s righter because I believe it brings the fastest change to start saving babies and it will also give us a guidepost when we know when to pull the trigger on a national Constitutional amendment.
However well intentioned, I believe that 30 years of history are quite telling against your position. Furthermore, what man giveth, man taketh away- Even if you do get your state victory, all it will take is one federal jurist to overturn that work with another newer edict, regardless of how many states you might get to follow your lead.
And finally, relegating any of the enumerated unalienable rights to the mere authority of man, not to mention the states, endangers them all- And while Life is undoubtedly the most significant, folks might assume that one might have passed them by, as they have successfully made it beyond the womb. But it will not stop there. If those unalienable rights are merely declared by old men, then any old man can come and take them ALL away.
When do you ever see someone from the Air Force saying that a Marine fighting on the ground is actually working for the enemy because he isn’t flying also?
I will welcome my "state's rights" FRiends under the Pro-Life banner, and I will exchange friendly words with you here, and argue the finer points, as much as my patience will allow, but I will not allow deviation of the Pro-Life agenda. not one inch of variance. Nor will I stand by and see that agenda back away from goals which are set_in_stone. Our friendship *ends* when a candidate arrives sporting less than the full-fledged dyed-in-the-wool Pro-Life platform, and attempts to don the Pro-Life mantle.
As a Social Conservative, as a Reaganite, and as a true defender of the Constitution, I will rise up with all four feet against such a candidate, to include Sarah Palin.
And I will serve you this warning, too. I will predict that if Sarah Palin runs, it will be the Christians that hand her defeat, more than any other faction.
Do *not* mess with Life.
The National Right to Life Committee is for sale, as can easily be determined by our last election, if no other.
You’re right. The RNC is now firmly in the control of Mitt Romney and his minions anyway.
She is most certainly *not* a Reaganite.
She is, much as you say, a moderate populist, with libertarian leanings, much in the same cut as Fred Thompson.
In the other thread that you have been posting on you have just told all Freepers that ‘You’re the problem, not the Obama communists.’ Now I see what happened to Doug Kmiec. My tagline of recent weeks might have been written to apply to you.
So Sarah picks hot blonde chick over old hippie. Works for me.
” She HAD a choice — to pick NEITHER of these liberal justices and let the Alaskan Judicial Council make the pick. Nor she her record is stained with picking a pro-abortion, leftist judge.”
What is your source for that claim?
I think the whingers want Palin to be publically embarrassed.
It would give them an excuse to say "I like her, but she doesn't have the ability to ...."
An irrational and unreasonable mentality will get us quickly nowhere, something I've understood since college. After my experience the last eight years with conservatives, I'm there and for quite awhile now.
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Well EV I would really feel sorry for with all the heat your getting over your post, but after all the times you have been on the other side dishing it out I’m sorry all I can say is Karma sucks.
They always have been why should he change now just because its your favorite being skewered?
Why because this time he is not attacking Mitt Romney, but going after Sarah Palin? I’m actually enjoying watching you guys. This a fun way to spend a Friday night.
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