Friday, July 22, 2005

Roberts

I think what I find most concerning about him is not his stance on abortion (which Media Matters points out may not be what the media says it is), it's the fact that he co-wrote the amicus brief on behalf of the government in Lee v. Weisman (1991). Roberts argued that it did not violate the First Amendment's Establishment Clause for a public school to sponsor a prayer at graduation ceremonies, in part because the ceremony was voluntary. The Court disagreed, and correctly found that the prayer was not "voluntary" in any real sense, and that the practice was coercive.

O'Connor sided with the majority opinion, and was a swing vote in that decision.

Bush has given every indication up to this point that he intends to only pick people who will be dutiful soldiers in his Evangelical crusade, who will do whatever it takes to further blur the distinction between our Jeffersonian democracy and government by theocracy.

1 comment:

Abell Smith said...

Jawohl, mein fuhrer.