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01-11-2006, 09:35 AM
Senators' Opening Statements In Judge Alito Hearing Reveals Culture War!
By Rev. Louis P. Sheldon
Chairman, Traditional Values Coalition
MichNews.com
Jan 11, 2006
Washington, DC – In watching Senate Judiciary Committee members read their opening statements on the first day of Judge Alito’s confirmation hearing to the Supreme Court, I couldn’t help but notice the glaring contrast between conservative and liberal world views on life, privacy, and government.
For those who watched these Senators and listened carefully to their opening statements, it should have been a wake up call to those who don’t believe a culture war exists in our nation. The clash was evident from the beginning.
Liberal Democrats clearly revealed their belief that the Constitution is whatever nine unelected robed masters say it is—not what the original founders meant when they wrote it. Republicans, however, believe that the Constitution means what it says—and Supreme Court justices have no right to redefine the meaning of it to suit their own political agendas.
In Full
MichNews (http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_11229.shtml)
By Rev. Louis P. Sheldon
Chairman, Traditional Values Coalition
MichNews.com
Jan 11, 2006
Washington, DC – In watching Senate Judiciary Committee members read their opening statements on the first day of Judge Alito’s confirmation hearing to the Supreme Court, I couldn’t help but notice the glaring contrast between conservative and liberal world views on life, privacy, and government.
For those who watched these Senators and listened carefully to their opening statements, it should have been a wake up call to those who don’t believe a culture war exists in our nation. The clash was evident from the beginning.
Liberal Democrats clearly revealed their belief that the Constitution is whatever nine unelected robed masters say it is—not what the original founders meant when they wrote it. Republicans, however, believe that the Constitution means what it says—and Supreme Court justices have no right to redefine the meaning of it to suit their own political agendas.
In Full
MichNews (http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_11229.shtml)