Supreme Court Justice Vacancy

[seraph]

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor who was appointed by Reagan retires...

...she has re-affirmed abortion rights in several cases (stating the states place "no undue burden" on those rights), sided against Ten Commandments displays in Texas and Kentucky, supported limits on affirmative action, voted against "moments of silence" in schools, voted for a city-sponsored Nativity, served as the swing vote that ended vote counts in the Bush-Gore election, etc.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), said she has "restored a measure of commonsense to our criminal justice system, a measure of respect for our nation's allocation of power between the states and the federal government, and a measure of freedom in the public square to people of faith."

President Bush said he wants a successor in place by October (the Supreme Court's next session)... I pray he chooses the Justice that God wants to serve. Bush has said Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas (two of the court's most conservative members) were model justices. He also said he favored "strict constructionists," and "people who will strictly interpret the Constitution and will not use the bench to write social policy." CNN said a poll this week found 65 percent of Americans want a new Supreme Court justice to uphold Roe v. Wade.

Please, let's keep this in prayer.

[Qun Mang]

I gotta admit I didn't see this one coming. O'Connor that is. I pray that the Democrats let his nominee, whoever (s)he may be, in without a filibuster...

[Work in Progress]

I pray he chooses the Justice that God wants to serve.

Amen to that.

I pray that it isn't a long, drawn out process with our representatives serving only themselves, and not the constituents. That will take a miracle, but God can do miracles.

[JohnS]

I gotta admit I didn't see this one coming.  O'Connor that is.  I pray that the Democrats let his nominee, whoever (s)he may be,  in without a filibuster...

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I'm bettin' it's gonna be real ugly I've already seen a Dem congressman say that out of respect for O'Connor they should nominate someone just like her. Hmmm....is that how they determine who is qualified for the job?

[Leonard]

It won't matter one bit if Bush gets his choice or not; they're all trained in the same theory of law at the same communist-controlled law schools......

[Work in Progress]

I'm bettin' it's gonna be real ugly

Oh, stop that, John! I'm praying for a miracle!

[Kabowd]

It won't matter one bit if Bush gets his choice or not; they're all trained in the same theory of law at the same communist-controlled law schools......

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That is a rather general and misinformed statement.

[JohnS]

I'm bettin' it's gonna be real ugly

Oh, stop that, John! I'm praying for a miracle!

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I'll pray with you. I'm all for miracles!

I was just thinking back to some of the lower court judges that weren't allowed a confirmation vote.

[apothanein kerdos]

It won't matter one bit if Bush gets his choice or not; they're all trained in the same theory of law at the same communist-controlled law schools......

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Um...it's almost impossible to learn either liberal or conservative ideology at a law school. They teach you how the court room works, how to look up laws...basically they show you how everythign works. You then go into whatever field you want and that's where you become liberal or conservative. This is why we see both conservative and liberal lawyers comming out of harvard, yale, and other places.

Let's face it, you have to be pretty conservative to prosicute a criminal....everytime the ACLU is contesting a case, there is an opposite force that just doesn't get attention.

[AFaceInTheCrowd]

ACLU=Anti-Christ League United