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Five Catholics on the Supreme Court |
Five Catholics on the Supreme Court
http://www.partialobserver.com/article.cfm?id=1663
[excerpt]
Is this diversity or domination by the papacy?
by Michael H. Thomson
November 2, 2005
Five Catholics on the Supreme Court
In my article on Harriet Miers, I said there was nothing wrong with the
court having an evangelical Christian church lady to add to its diversity.
Little did I know that once the Miers nomination was sadly withdrawn, our
president, George W. Bush, would make a future nomination that would end
diversity on the court, as we know it.
With the nomination of Samuel Alito and his most probable confirmation, the
United States Supreme Court will be packed with Roman Catholics. The five
justices – which include Chief Justice John Roberts – will give Roman
Catholics a 5-4 majority on the court. This is very disturbing considering
that Roman Catholics represent less than a quarter of this country's
religious population.
In 2004, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops created a task force to
deal with recalcitrant Roman Catholic politicians. This task force is led
by Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick who runs herd over 150
Catholics in the U.S. Congress. If the Roman Catholic Church, which is
always synonymous with Rome and the Pope, is committed to disciplining and
pushing its agenda with elected Roman Catholic officials, does it stop
pushing its agenda with Roman Catholic judges?
Right wing conservatives in the Republican Party are jubilant with the
Alito nomination because of his stance on the omnipresent litmus test for
potential justices: Roe vs. Wade. If Roe vs. Wade were to be overturned –
which it might – Roman Catholic influence on the court will still be
present for many years. Pressure on these judges from the Vatican will be
constant. As I've always said, there are other issues facing the court
other than Roe vs. Wade. With a Catholic majority on the court, some future
decisions of that body may be filtered through a papal prism. Let's look at
the Roman Catholic Church and some of its issues.
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MY COMMENT [comment of Philip Paulson, litigant] :
It pains me to paint a wide brush of Catholicism showing a dark cloud over
the US Supreme Court, but the ominous signs of anti-secularism are all
there.
The above blog article is an interesting, speculative commentary written in
November 2005, but gives a troubling warning on what to expect when the Mt.
Soledad Easter Cross case goes before the US Supreme Court. The five
ultra-conservative Roman Catholics, who hold the balance of power (5 to 4
majority control) on the US Supreme Court, will make the final decision on
whether "Jesus Rules America" and all non-Christians will have to face a
life of second-class citizenship of "discrimination" and "preference" with
a sectarian message on Mt. Soledad.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin
Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Anthony Kennedy are anti-secularists and with
proven track records of disrespect for the time honored principle for the
"Wall of Separation between Church and State.") It will indeed be
suspenseful to await the outcome of the "Cross Case." Will they legislate
from the bench in the name of their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, placing
supernatural law above secular law?
KEEP RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT SEPARATE
Philip Paulson
San Diego, California
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Soledad Cross It's about POWER
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.bush/browse_frm/thread/8f73e2a799be0a8a/7e4ba3e5aec7a6e6?lnk=st&q=Soledad+Cross+It's+about+POWER&rnum=1&hl=en#7e4ba3e5aec7a6e6
http://makeashorterlink.com/?L21A2536D
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.bush/msg/7e4ba3e5aec7a6e6?dmode=source&hl=en
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members from
all over the US and a couple from overseas as well]
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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