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Senate majority leader Bill Frist never ceases to criticize the decisions of unelected State judges. He always stresses "unelected". In the meantme, he and his conservative colleagues plan to push for confirmation of judicial nominees that will follow their religious-based agendas. I wonder if Mr. Frist ever stops to think that his nominees would likewise be "unelected".
It would be useful to check to see whether any of the judges involved in the decisions he criticizes are, in fact, elected. And maybe these judges, on non-cultural issues, have made decisions that the Senator would fully endorse.
It seems that the Constitution is being interpreted in a strict constructionist manner only when the outcome is suitable to the right wing. An analysis might very well show that a strict view supports the very decisions Mr. Frist hates.
Elsewhere, Georgia courts are bracing for the controversal case sure to emanate from a School District's decision to place in geography textbooks a Flat Earth Society sticker noting that the concept of a round earth is only a theory.
Senate majority leader Bill Frist never ceases to criticize the decisions of unelected State judges. He always stresses "unelected". In the meantme, he and his conservative colleagues plan to push for confirmation of judicial nominees that will follow their religious-based agendas. I wonder if Mr. Frist ever stops to think that his nominees would likewise be "unelected".
It would be useful to check to see whether any of the judges involved in the decisions he criticizes are, in fact, elected. And maybe these judges, on non-cultural issues, have made decisions that the Senator would fully endorse.
It seems that the Constitution is being interpreted in a strict constructionist manner only when the outcome is suitable to the right wing. An analysis might very well show that a strict view supports the very decisions Mr. Frist hates.
Elsewhere, Georgia courts are bracing for the controversal case sure to emanate from a School District's decision to place in geography textbooks a Flat Earth Society sticker noting that the concept of a round earth is only a theory.
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