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Harriet Miers In Trouble?
Topic Started: Oct 9 2005, 03:31 PM (252 Views)
Fr. Mike
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Why would you think that? I stated what I thought should be the qualifications of a Justice on several posts. Was that a "strawman" comment ? :tiphat:
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cmoehle
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Chris - San Antonio TX
Because by your words you seek a judge with an religious ideology, which pretty well defines a fundamentalist philosophy as presented in Judicial Philosophy Preference?.

If I am mistaken and you actually seek a non-ideological minimalist, let me apologize.
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Chris - San Antonio TX
Mike, perhaps from another Catholic you will understand. Peggy Noonan, Fasten Your Beltway: It's going to be a bumpy ride:
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...And next time perhaps the White House, in announcing and presenting the arguments for a new nominee to the high court, will remember a certain tradition with regard to how we do it in America. We don't say, "We've nominated Joe because he's a Catholic!" A better and more traditional approach is, "Nominee Joe is a longtime practitioner of the law with considerable experience, impressive credentials, and a lively and penetrating intellect. Any questions? Yes, he is a member of the Catholic church. Any other questions?"

That's sort of how we do it. We put the horse and then the cart. The arguments for the person and then the facts attendant to the person. You don't say, "Vote for this gal because she's an Evangelical!" That shows a carelessness, an inability to think it through, to strategize, to respectfully approach serious facts....
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Fr. Mike
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I simply want a judge who does not legislate from the bench.

I don't need anymore federal interference in my life than that agreed to when the founders settled upon the constitution. I believe they were religious by nature, that "GOD" had a hand in inspiring the documents and they should stand the test of time as originally intended.

My fight on a religious basis is with Satan. You can't legislate what is in the hearts of the citizens. And that is what judges have been doing.
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cmoehle
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Chris - San Antonio TX
OK, then I misunderstood.

Some were religious--some Christian, some Deists, some secular, some called atheists--all moral men.
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bikemanb
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What I find somewhat entertaining about this nomination is the follwing. People are picking on Roberts and bringing up his Catholicism and he could not be fairly voted against for that reason but we will public state over and over that Miers is a firm Evangelical who believe the "right" way and should be trusted on pro life issues thus she should be approved.

I guess bringing religion into the equation is god or bad depending on whether it supports your objective.
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