Texas Republican Party Platform Thread 8

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[Bigun]

The Republican Party of Texas Platform has been MUCH in the news of late because it is a CONSERVATIVE document and, as such, VERY controversial. I thought it would be an instructive exercise, for those of us who wish to do so here, to go through it plank by plank and see where we stand on these issues. Pursuant to that, I will post ONE plank of the Platform, every few days and anyone who wishes to can state their views as to that particular part of the platform.

Today, under the sub-heading Preserving American Freedom we find the following plank:

Judicial Restraint - The Party supports the principle of judicial restraint, which requires judges to interpret and apply rather than make the law. We encourage the support of judges who strictly interpret the law based on the law's original intent. The Party stands strongly against activist judges.

[Bigun]

I have decided to score myself by assigning a score of between 0 and 10 points to each of the planks! 10 means I agree with EVERYTHING in it. 0 means I agree with NOTHING in it!.

Here again we have some redundancy as this could EASILY have been combined with the previous plank but as there is nothing in it I can disagree with it gets a 10!

This makes my running score to this point is 73 out of a possible 80.

[Bigun]

P I N G ! ! !

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[Bigun]

Whoops! Title is incorrect! this is thread 8 not Thread 7!

[Bigun]

Please be kind enough to correct title of this thread to read:

Texas Republican Party Platform Thread 8

and then delete my post refering to the error! Thanks a bunch! Bigun

[hchutch]

I'll give this a 9, since I will confess to wanting a judge like Scalia or Thomas who would go activist on occasion.

[Let's Roll]

Please take me off this list - thanks!

[Dog Gone]

While it might be nice to have an activist conservative judge go wild inventing new reasons to whack down liberal programs and laws, I think judicial restraint is the bedrock of conservatism.

I'd have to concur fully with this plank, giving it a 10, and raising my running total to 63.

[hchutch]

I see the point. Still, one has to wonder if the judicial activism race would be more fun if two sides began running, to paraphrase Ronald Reagan.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

This one gets a ten (10),

78 of 80

See how easy I am to get along with?

[Bigun]

Absolutely!

[austingirl]

The radical leftist judiciary is a major problem in this country. I fully agree with the plank.

[PetroniDE]

I agree with you regarding this piece of the platform. I give it a 10.

My current score is 10 out of 10. I promise (and I am not running for office so don't worry about this promise being broken) by Monday I will catch up on the first seven planks.

[Flyer]

PDE - easy links for your homework.

The Threads	Me!
Preamble Limiting the Expanse of Government Power Limited Federal Powers Constitutional Citations on Legislation Equality Under the Law Conduct of Public Officials Federal Judiciary Reform Judicial Restraint	10 10 10 6.6 10 0 10 10 66.6 of 80

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[Flyer]

Bump!

When it gets down to the not-so-sexy nuts and bolts like the platform it's tough to stir up interest.

[Bigun]

When it gets down to the not-so-sexy nuts and bolts like the platform it's tough to stir up interest.

Yes indeed! I was hoping for participation on a much broader scale than we have thus far attracted.

If we could get FReepers from all over the country to participate in this little exercise we could learn a great deal! May even learn that this Texas platform has much broader based support amoungst conservatives than some would imagine!

Oh well! We shall continue with the exercise.

[Bigun]

See how easy I am to get along with?

I never thought otherwise!

Could it be that you and I only have a hard time getting along with LAWYERS???

[William McKinley]

10. 71