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.
There was another choice: leave it vacant until they sent someone who doesn't have a history of supporting the genocide of little babies.
Gov. Palin called for information and reviewed it in order to make the best choice available to her between the two choices.
I agree with her choice. As governor of AK, she had to weigh the interests of the state regarding possible environmental decisions that would have an effect on the whole state against the possibility that a decision could be handed down about abortion, which affects laws, but demands some personal responsibility from the individual.
I hope you’ve learned your lesson about posting articles and having an opinion. /s
Seriously, I don’t know why you’re getting nailed. Do you have a history of dismissing Palin? Just curious.
correcting a mistake on my last comment
Why don't you read the whole thread. This article is a propaganda piece. Anyone who thinks Sarah is pro choice is slightly dingy. As for her killing "defenseless" animals, if you eat meat, you kill animals, indirectly but none the less you kill them. The difference between a hunter who kills their own meat and wimpy a**hats who make others do it for them and pretend their hands are clean of animal blood, is called courage. The courage to do your own killing and not foist the job off on someone else.
Sarah did NOT point a former member of Planned parent hood, the group had a different name when the appointee was a member and they were not yet an abortion supporting group.
Study facts, not MSM articles.
That’s not a “strategy,” any more than Stephen A. Douglas’ position in the 1850’s was a “strategy.” It is immoral and unconstitutional.
EV,
Normally I have the highest regard for you and your fight for the unborn, but you really are weak on this particular issue and are grasping for straws.
Been nice knowing ya Sarah.
Adios.
Posting this information from elsewhere:
Sarah did NOT point a former member of Planned parent hood, the group had a different name when the appointee was a member and they were not yet an abortion supporting group.
Study facts, not MSM articles.
So??? So she Pro-Choice States.. READ THE BILL OF RIGHTS!!!!
Please read this:
“Under the state Constitution, Palin HAD TO select from among the nominees sent to her by the seven-member Alaska Judicial Council, made up of lawyers, public members appointed by governors and the Supreme Court chief justice, currently Dana Fabe.”
She had the choice of a hardcore leftist, or a regular leftist.
She went with the regular leftist.
Doesn't look like Palin had much of a choice.
EternalVigilance, you can report back to Soros, Axelrod, 0bama, or whoever you work for, and they’ll give you your check.
You are a little late though, since this was all hashed out yesterday, and most people here are smart enough to fall for this load of BS. This puts you in the good company of the LA Times who now sites “commenters” on the ADN website as sources of information.
Very good, thanks.
To some people here, there’s a closet abortionist behind every tree.
Scary! Ooga booga booga!
There you go bearing false witness again.. there is no evidence from this that Christen supports this.. She was on the board of this group that later became Planned Parenthood almost a decade before they became PP and promoted abortions. Nothing in her application (linked above) mentioned Planned Parenthood. That is the entire extent of the so called evidence that she is pro-abortion, very lose to say the least. Why is the same group who leveled these charges supporting the far more liberal Smith? What do you think their motivation is?
You would think, working for Dr. Keyes, you would know about these types of media smears, he was on the receiving end of many. You should know better than to trust anything with face value. You should also know that there are many groups who mask what they really believe behind false fronts. I recall some fake group in Idaho that claimed to be for tax reform got Keyes tripped up, some ugly stuff there.. Why not learn from that and have a little intellectual curiosity about the charge?
:-) You REALLY don’t like me, do you? lol
He’s obviously too stupid to know that allowing the states to decide is code for throwing out Roe vs. Wade.
Hope there is more this story!! Because if its true on its face....Sarah is toast!!
The Bill of Rights says that you can’t kill innocent persons.
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