JohnnyMarzetti
04-17-2005, 03:43 PM
This is something we MISSED.
Somehow, the 'mainstream' media does not have its ear to the ground and misses some of the more 'alarming' political meetings.
I've not seen this anywhere - Have you?
Right Wing Watch Online 2005
April: The Right’s Crusade Against the Independent Judiciary
There can be little doubt that the case of Terri Schiavo inflamed passion throughout the country. And those passions, rather than cooling following her death, have fueled a frightening escalation in attacks on the independence of the federal judiciary by far-right groups who have seized it as an opportunity to pressure Senate Republicans into destroying the filibuster and 200 years of Senate tradition.
Beginning on April 7, 2005 the Judeo-Christian Council for Constitutional Restoration hosted a two-day event entitled “Confronting the Judicial War on Faith.” Though the JCCCR is a relatively new organization, it is overseen by well-establish right wing figures such as Jerry Falwell, Rick Scarborough, and Phyllis Schlafly. Befitting its pedigree, the conference attracted a myriad of right wing activists and even several members of Congress who all share a passion for, and a mission to, impose their ideology on the federal court system.
Though the Schiavo case was at the forefront of the panelist’s complaints, it soon became clear that they saw it as merely the most recent act of “judicial tyranny” which has thwarted their agenda.
Tom Delay delivered a tape recorded message to open the conference in which he declared that the judiciary has “run amok” and poses a threat to self-government. He went on to warn that Congress must take action to reign in the judiciary and that such actions must be “more than rhetoric.”
During a panel entitled “Judicial Assault On Our Judeo-Christian Heritage,” Don Feder of Vision America claimed that the courts' actions for the last fifty years have been part of a well orchestrated attack on the nation’s Judeo-Christian heritage. He warned that "liberal judges have declared unholy war on us" and unless Christians fight back, their faith, family and freedom will be lost. He also promised that whatever prominent Republican was willing to take the lead on the issue of judicial reform and impeachment will probably “have the Republican [presidential] nomination in 2008.”
Mike Farris of the Home School Legal Defense Association stated that the Supreme Court has become an agent of tyranny and declared that it is up to those in attendance and those who share their views to demand a change. Farris went on the declare that he wanted Justice Kennedy to become “the poster boy for impeachment” and stated that if current elective representatives won’t do it, it is up to right wingers to elect people who will.
During a panel on “Abortion and Other Life Issues” Michael Schwartz, the Chief of Staff to Senator Tom Coburn, echoed Farris’ views, declaring himself “in favor of mass impeachment, if that is what it takes.” In his view, the Schiavo case was nothing more than an "atrocious act of gang violence by judges" against a helpless woman and he was adamant that the judges involved be impeached. "I hope they serve long sentences,” he added.
Edwin Vieira, speaking on a panel focused on “Remedies to Judicial Tyranny,” told the audience that Justice Kennedy need to be impeached for his majority opinion in Lawrence vs. Texas because it "upholds Marxist, Leninist, satanic principles drawn from foreign law." Vieira then drew “on the wisdom of [Joseph] Stalin,” noting that Stalin “had a slogan and it worked very well for him whenever he ran into difficulty: 'No man, no problem.'" As the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank pointed out, the full quote is "Death solves all problems: no man, no problem."
Right wing attacks on the independence of the federal judiciary are nothing new. People like Tom DeLay, Phyllis Schlafly and Gary Bauer have been decrying “judicial tyranny” and seeking to impeach federal judges for nearly a decade. But it is obvious that the Republican party’s right wing base is growing increasingly distressed by its inability to impose its agenda on the nation. Despite the fact that they have ideological allies in the White House and both chambers of Congress, these radically conservative activists feel that their agenda is being thwarted by the independent judiciary. And so the masks have come off. They are now openly demanding an end to the nation’s independent federal judiciary. They are calling for mass impeachment and even criminal prosecution of federal judges who disagree with them. And they will soon be demanding that Bush remake the Supreme Court with appointments that will eliminate a constitutional right to privacy, the separation of church and state, and much more. Unfortunately, these leaders are no easily dismissible fringe – they are power brokers at the center of Republican Party politics, with influence in the White House and among the leaders of Congress. It’s urgent that the American public see them for who they are, and understand the threat they pose to our very constitutional order.
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=18493
Somehow, the 'mainstream' media does not have its ear to the ground and misses some of the more 'alarming' political meetings.
I've not seen this anywhere - Have you?
Right Wing Watch Online 2005
April: The Right’s Crusade Against the Independent Judiciary
There can be little doubt that the case of Terri Schiavo inflamed passion throughout the country. And those passions, rather than cooling following her death, have fueled a frightening escalation in attacks on the independence of the federal judiciary by far-right groups who have seized it as an opportunity to pressure Senate Republicans into destroying the filibuster and 200 years of Senate tradition.
Beginning on April 7, 2005 the Judeo-Christian Council for Constitutional Restoration hosted a two-day event entitled “Confronting the Judicial War on Faith.” Though the JCCCR is a relatively new organization, it is overseen by well-establish right wing figures such as Jerry Falwell, Rick Scarborough, and Phyllis Schlafly. Befitting its pedigree, the conference attracted a myriad of right wing activists and even several members of Congress who all share a passion for, and a mission to, impose their ideology on the federal court system.
Though the Schiavo case was at the forefront of the panelist’s complaints, it soon became clear that they saw it as merely the most recent act of “judicial tyranny” which has thwarted their agenda.
Tom Delay delivered a tape recorded message to open the conference in which he declared that the judiciary has “run amok” and poses a threat to self-government. He went on to warn that Congress must take action to reign in the judiciary and that such actions must be “more than rhetoric.”
During a panel entitled “Judicial Assault On Our Judeo-Christian Heritage,” Don Feder of Vision America claimed that the courts' actions for the last fifty years have been part of a well orchestrated attack on the nation’s Judeo-Christian heritage. He warned that "liberal judges have declared unholy war on us" and unless Christians fight back, their faith, family and freedom will be lost. He also promised that whatever prominent Republican was willing to take the lead on the issue of judicial reform and impeachment will probably “have the Republican [presidential] nomination in 2008.”
Mike Farris of the Home School Legal Defense Association stated that the Supreme Court has become an agent of tyranny and declared that it is up to those in attendance and those who share their views to demand a change. Farris went on the declare that he wanted Justice Kennedy to become “the poster boy for impeachment” and stated that if current elective representatives won’t do it, it is up to right wingers to elect people who will.
During a panel on “Abortion and Other Life Issues” Michael Schwartz, the Chief of Staff to Senator Tom Coburn, echoed Farris’ views, declaring himself “in favor of mass impeachment, if that is what it takes.” In his view, the Schiavo case was nothing more than an "atrocious act of gang violence by judges" against a helpless woman and he was adamant that the judges involved be impeached. "I hope they serve long sentences,” he added.
Edwin Vieira, speaking on a panel focused on “Remedies to Judicial Tyranny,” told the audience that Justice Kennedy need to be impeached for his majority opinion in Lawrence vs. Texas because it "upholds Marxist, Leninist, satanic principles drawn from foreign law." Vieira then drew “on the wisdom of [Joseph] Stalin,” noting that Stalin “had a slogan and it worked very well for him whenever he ran into difficulty: 'No man, no problem.'" As the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank pointed out, the full quote is "Death solves all problems: no man, no problem."
Right wing attacks on the independence of the federal judiciary are nothing new. People like Tom DeLay, Phyllis Schlafly and Gary Bauer have been decrying “judicial tyranny” and seeking to impeach federal judges for nearly a decade. But it is obvious that the Republican party’s right wing base is growing increasingly distressed by its inability to impose its agenda on the nation. Despite the fact that they have ideological allies in the White House and both chambers of Congress, these radically conservative activists feel that their agenda is being thwarted by the independent judiciary. And so the masks have come off. They are now openly demanding an end to the nation’s independent federal judiciary. They are calling for mass impeachment and even criminal prosecution of federal judges who disagree with them. And they will soon be demanding that Bush remake the Supreme Court with appointments that will eliminate a constitutional right to privacy, the separation of church and state, and much more. Unfortunately, these leaders are no easily dismissible fringe – they are power brokers at the center of Republican Party politics, with influence in the White House and among the leaders of Congress. It’s urgent that the American public see them for who they are, and understand the threat they pose to our very constitutional order.
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=18493