US conservative Christians slam "judicial autocracy"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

My favorite hypocrite is at it again.

By Pat Harris
34 minutes ago



NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Christian conservative leaders and U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay rallied on Sunday to condemn activist judges and heap praise on U.S. President George W. Bush's nominee for the Supreme Court, John Roberts.

Organizers of the rally, which featured a packed audience at a Baptist church swaying and singing hymns beneath two huge American flags, said they hoped to use the gathering as a "launching pad" to mobilize Christians against judges they say are overriding the Constitution with their decisions.

Televised to churches across the country and broadcast over the Internet, "Justice Sunday II: God Save the United States and This Honorable Court" was co-sponsored by the prominent Christian conservative groups Family Research Center and Focus on the Family.

Speaking from the pulpit, DeLay, a Texas Republican, decried what he called "the judicial autocracy" that was "casting aside moral values" to rewrite the law instead of interpreting it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050815/pl_nm/court_roberts_religion_dc

[OKthatsIT]

1. Delay speaking from the pulpit, "God, Save My Ass!"

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[saigon68]

16. Looks like a Hilter Youth Rally.

[Erika]

2. The judiciary is an independent branch

DeLay, the suspected crook, wants them to just be a rubber stamp of W. Sorry, that isn't their purpose. Try as he may.

[progressivebydesign]

3. So.. what happened to THOU SHALL NOT STEAL?

Just wondering. Was there any lightning when DeLay was in that church today?

[atreides1]

14. Lightning only appears

When real Christians turn to evil, there were no real Christians in that building so God saw no reason to waste a lightning bolt.

[UrbScotty]

4. Look who's talking (Bush v. Gore) (nt)

[Kool Kitty]

5. Who better to lecture about

"casting aside moral values" than Mr. DeLay? He's an expert on the subject.

[Iowa]

6. These RW Christian fanatics are...

98% fascist political party, and 2% religion. Fascism is where their heart is; Christianity is just a cover to give their cause some respectability.

[Gelliebeans]

7. Tax these bastards!

[kodi]

8. it is the conservatives on the SCOTUS who have been the judicial activists

just review how they have voted and you can see clearly that it is the conservatives on the court who have voted most often to overturn the laws of the land.

facts, those little nagging things that undermine stupid ideological stances.


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/opinion/06gewirtz.html?ex=1124251200&en=0f7c5f8e32112963&ei=5070&pagewanted=print

"Since the Supreme Court assumed its current composition in 1994, by our count it has upheld or struck down 64 Congressional provisions. That legislation has concerned Social Security, church and state, and campaign finance, among many other issues. We examined the court's decisions in these cases and looked at how each justice voted, regardless of whether he or she concurred with the majority or dissented.

We found that justices vary widely in their inclination to strike down Congressional laws. Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by President George H. W. Bush, was the most inclined, voting to invalidate 65.63 percent of those laws; Justice Stephen Breyer, appointed by President Bill Clinton, was the least, voting to invalidate 28.13 percent. The tally for all the justices appears below.

Thomas 65.63 %
Kennedy 64.06 %
Scalia 56.25 %
Rehnquist 46.88 %
O’Connor 46.77 %
Souter 42.19 %
Stevens 39.34 %
Ginsburg 39.06 %
Breyer 28.13 %

One conclusion our data suggests is that those justices often considered more "liberal" - Justices Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter and John Paul Stevens - vote least frequently to overturn Congressional statutes, while those often labeled "conservative" vote more frequently to do so. At least by this measure (others are possible, of course), the latter group is the most activist."

[Endangered Specie]

9. I keep wondering what it would take to make them happy...

Cant quite put my finger on it...

[slay]

10. Let the Theocracy begin!

God personally told me he doesn't back any political groups just for this reason, but if he could he'd back us. He really did. :evilgrin:

[Hekate]

11. Just turn it all over to the Executive Branch...

...and forget about Separation of Powers. Unlike Caesar and George Washington, I don't think Bush would refuse a crown.

Bleah.

Hekate

[annabanana]

12. he means "judicial AUTONOMY", I'm sure...

That's what really gets his goat.

[Demeter]

13. It's Religious Autocracy, Dittoheads

Sheesh.

[bribri16]

15. So, RW "Christians" don't mind the devil in the pulpit?

To Tom DeLay even associate himself with your church is blasphemous.

[arwalden]

17. Fuck Christian Conservatives!

With a stick.

[KittyWampus]

18. They're Not Conservative OR Christian. They're Extremist Fundamentalists