Evangelical Leaders War On The Courts

[Nbadan]

WASHINGTON — Evangelical Christian leaders, who have been working closely with senior Republican lawmakers to place conservative judges in the federal courts, have also been exploring ways to punish sitting jurists and even entire courts viewed as hostile to their cause.

An audio recording obtained by the Los Angeles Times features two of the nation's most influential evangelical leaders, at a private conference with supporters, laying out strategies to rein in judges, such as stripping funding from their courts in an effort to hinder their work.

The discussion took place during a Washington conference last month that included addresses by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who discussed efforts to bring a more conservative cast to the courts.

Yahoo News (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2026&e=15&u=/latimests/2evangelicalswanttostripcourtsfunds)

It's time to start stripping Evangelical leaders who involve themselves in local, State, and National politics of their Federal tax-exempt status and make them register as a 527.

[Nbadan]

Article. III.

Section. 1. The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.

Not only can the fundies potentially de-fund the courts, they can simply do away with the lower courts and there is no provision that the Supreme Court has nine justices one it. It can be reduced to one justice - Thomas.