http://blog.aul.org/2009/05/26/press-release-aul-obama-nominates-avowed-judicial-activist-judge-who-undermines-common-ground/ Changing Law to Protect Human Life, State by State Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:17:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.aul.org/2009/05/26/press-release-aul-obama-nominates-avowed-judicial-activist-judge-who-undermines-common-ground/comment-page-1/#comment-2213 Hank Menninger Wed, 27 May 2009 02:28:08 +0000 http://blog.aul.org/?p=395#comment-2213 AUL's position is way off base and unfair. On her only published decision on an abortion-related issue, she sided with the pro-life position. I try and support "pro-life" positions, but radical nonsense like that put out by AUL is the type of stuff that leads 52% of Catholics, who would by all accounts be "pro-life", to support candidates that do not line up exactly like AUL would like - i.e. Obama. You show an appaling ignorance of constitutional law, the role of precedent in judicial decision making, the inability to hear exactly what the President said about his appointment, and the nominee's stated position on constitutional interpretation. Instead you take a five-second sound bite out of context and try and make it something it is not. Give it a rest. You are losing the fight not because your position is wrong, you are losing it because of the abject stupidity displayed in your ill-conceived reactions. AUL’s position is way off base and unfair. On her only published decision on an abortion-related issue, she sided with the pro-life position. I try and support “pro-life” positions, but radical nonsense like that put out by AUL is the type of stuff that leads 52% of Catholics, who would by all accounts be “pro-life”, to support candidates that do not line up exactly like AUL would like – i.e. Obama. You show an appaling ignorance of constitutional law, the role of precedent in judicial decision making, the inability to hear exactly what the President said about his appointment, and the nominee’s stated position on constitutional interpretation. Instead you take a five-second sound bite out of context and try and make it something it is not. Give it a rest. You are losing the fight not because your position is wrong, you are losing it because of the abject stupidity displayed in your ill-conceived reactions.

]]> http://blog.aul.org/2009/05/26/press-release-aul-obama-nominates-avowed-judicial-activist-judge-who-undermines-common-ground/comment-page-1/#comment-2212 La justicia está oculta. ¿Pero la califican? Tue, 26 May 2009 22:50:54 +0000 http://blog.aul.org/?p=395#comment-2212 [...] For all the President’s talk of finding ‘common ground,’ this appointment completely contradicts that hollow promise. Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s judicial philosophy undermines common ground. She is a radical pick that divides America. She believes the role of the Court is to set policy which is exactly the philosophy that led to the Supreme Court turning into the National Abortion Control Board denying the American people to right to be heard on this critical issue. This appointment would provide a pedestal for an avowed judicial activist to impose her personal policy and beliefs onto others from the bench, at a time when the Courts are at a crossroad and critical abortion regulations — supported by the vast majority of Americans — like partial-birth abortion and informed consent laws lie in the balance. Charmaine Yoest, Americans United for Life [...] [...] For all the President’s talk of finding ‘common ground,’ this appointment completely contradicts that hollow promise. Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s judicial philosophy undermines common ground. She is a radical pick that divides America. She believes the role of the Court is to set policy which is exactly the philosophy that led to the Supreme Court turning into the National Abortion Control Board denying the American people to right to be heard on this critical issue. This appointment would provide a pedestal for an avowed judicial activist to impose her personal policy and beliefs onto others from the bench, at a time when the Courts are at a crossroad and critical abortion regulations — supported by the vast majority of Americans — like partial-birth abortion and informed consent laws lie in the balance. Charmaine Yoest, Americans United for Life [...]

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