Christian News Wire: "Stevens should retire to make way for new court"

[Bluebear]

Operation Rescue Calls on Justice Stevens to Retire
Ford appointee should make way for new court

To: National Desk

Contact: Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue, 316-841-1700; Cheryl Sullenger, Operation Rescue Outreach Coordinator, 316-516-3034

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 /Christian Wire Service/ -- Operation Rescue calls for the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens from the United States Supreme Court as soon as possible to make way for a third Bush appointment that would restore the Court to its originally intended function of interpreting the Constitution.

Stevens, 85, was appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1975 and has served on the nation’s highest court longer than any other sitting justice. He is considered an integral member of the liberal activist faction of the Court, and is a staunch supporter of abortion on demand.

For decades, the left-leaning Court has been considered an activist court that “legislates from the bench.” An example of such judicial legislation is the Roe v. Wade decision that established abortion as a previously non-existent Constitutional Right, decriminalized it, and nullified state laws banning it. No such “right” to abortion can be found in a strict reading of the Constitution in its normal sense. Many legal scholars believe Roe was “wrongly decided” and an overt act of judicial activism that usurped the function of the legislative branch of government.

“Justice Stevens, with all due respect, now is the time to move on and allow this Republican president to appoint your successor,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “Our nation is weary of your brand of judicial activism that has cost the lives of over 47 million innocent children. For the good of the nation, please announce your retirement as soon as possible.”

http://www.earnedmedia.org/or02011.htm

[dogday]

1. That's it, piss off Justice Stevens and hopefully

he will sit on the bench as long as he can out of spite....

[sandnsea]

12. He'll die on the bench

Don't worry about that. Sadly, I'm terrified that he might, bless his heart.

[dogday]

13. Well if he does, he went out fighting these bastards

bless his heart is right!!

[SharonAnn]

19. Maybe if he did leave, the "moderate Republicans" would finally

see what the Christo-Fascists have in mind for us.

Being fatalistic, if we're in for it anyway, then let's get it over with.

[Sequoia]

18. Rat poison, by Annethrax Coulter no doubt.

[Marie26]

2. Oh, well if Operation Rescue

asks him, he'll definitely do it. :eyes:

[kurth]

3. What?? No poisoning involved?

[Fenris]

4. Everyone involved with that organization should be beaten.

[Bok_Tukalo]

5. How can the Roe v Wade decision be seen as an example of activism by this

court if its longest serving member was appointed by Ford?

[Warren DeMontague]

Put it back in your pants, Troy.

You aint there yet, you Christo-Fascist Shit for brains.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

8. OMG, ROTFLMAO

:spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl:

[Bluebear]

10. LOL!!!!!!!!

"Put it back in your pants!"

[tanyev]

6. Mr. Newman, with all due respect, now is the time to STFU.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Yeah - all due respect.

i.e. None.

[rucky]

9. Yeah, I'm sure he'll get right on that. n/t

[flamingyouth]

11. The religious right is neither.

Never has that bumper sticker held more truth.

[aden_nak]

14. They want 3 Justices in one year? Isn't GREED one of the 7 deadly sins?

[maxrandb]

15. A couple of things that are really scary

one is that some crisco spreading fundy is going to read something like this and do something to speed-up one of the Supreme Court justices retirements. Read into that what you will

and second; I read something about some organization that is already making plans for a "Nuremberg" style trial of abortion providers, judges that have ruled in favor of R vs W, activists, etc. They want to overturn R vs W, and then convene a war crime tribunal.

They're not like Nazi's, they're like the Taliban. These are the types of Christians that claim Jesus as their savior, but they haven't read past the book of Leviticus in their bible.

[RB TexLa]

16. Just like Rehnquist got out of the way because of his age????

I really don't think the framers of the constitution actually meant for justices to sit on the court till they die. I believe the lifetime appointment was meant to free them of politics and historically it has, there have been justices who have not over their tenure represented the views of the president that appointed them, Stevens being a good example. With the complete politicizing of the process and the courts I guess that is what we are stuck with, I tell you it it were me on the court, no way I stay there into my 80's, first Democratic president after 10 or 12 years and I tell them "here you go, I'll be on the beach if you want to call."

[cascadiance]

17. Oh... So "corporate personhood" judicial activism will be overturned!

if Stevens leaves the bench? Tel me more how the court will interpret the Constitution in such a case so as NOT to "legislate from the bench" without overturning that case? That will be funny to see how they will pull that one and not offend their corporate sponsors!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Interpreting the constitution MY ASS!

Part of me wonders if we shouldn't just push through an abortion case to the Supreme Court right now to push the new court into making a decision on Roe v. Wade. Sooner or later they will probably overturn it. But if we can do it before 2006 election, then they will be damned if they do and damned if they don't!

If they do overturn Roe v. Wade or come damn close to it, then the women of this country will start to get more mobilized to vote out the Rethugs who packed the bench! If they don't overturn it (especially if Roberts or Alito don't vote to overturn it), then the fundies get PO'd with the Republicans and perhaps might realize they've been getting used too. Either way, we start kicking some Rethugs out in 2006!

[mswenson]

20. Audio Clip: Original Intent Supports Abortion

http://www.theopolitics.com

In the move to politicize women's reproductive lives, the right has distorted the history surrounding abortion. 'Original Intent' supports the right to abortion. Listen to audio clip at above url.

[pstokely]

21. We've found Pat Robert$on's next "Prayer Offensive" target