White House consults religious group on Supreme Court vacancy

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050624-120919-5576r.htm

A small group of senior White House and administration officials has quietly interviewed some of the top candidates for any Supreme Court vacancy, said Republican sources with close ties to the White House.

The senior officials are said to include Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, who has been mentioned as a Supreme Court candidate; White House Counsel Harriet Miers, the president's longtime adviser and former personal attorney; White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr.; and senior adviser Karl Rove.

No one in the administration would confirm or deny officially that top candidates had been interviewed. Nobody in Mr. Gonzales' office would comment, either.

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However, the Christian Legal Society has been asked to provide its recommendations for a replacement for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, 80, who has thyroid cancer. The group complied.

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1. How about Jerry Falwell? Pat Robertson? My vote is for Jeb brush. n/t

[undergroundpanther]

2. Grr

When will people storm the mega churches? or infiltrate And start asking these pundits uncomfortable QUESTIONS in public and SHAMING the pastors campaigning for republicans from the pulpit.In protest to the PIGS trying to make this country THEIR own Little theocracy?These churches are open for business every Sunday,so why are we not there making it hard on them?

You might have freedom of religion in America (as long as it is a "mainstream"one that is).But when does religion become a flimsy a cover for a tyranny and the church 'services' become "Nuremberg rallies" and why in a democracy do we have to tolerate so much tyranny if it claims to be "religious"?

Don't you realize these mega churches have extensive networks and "cell church" structures and these monsters are using the church as a place to plain the ruin of democracy and they recruit and manipulate people.

Freedom of a religion ends when the religion is made the reason for tyranny and the excuse for controlling or taking away the rights of those not adherents of the religious sect. That is theocracy..

[ray of light]

5. maybe you want to go to each church and stand up

Talk to them during their little, "announcements section" and politely tell them that the U.S. constitution granted individuals the freedom of religion, the freedom from religion, and privacy. And you can tell them when churches act in a political way they no longer retain their "high moral ground" and will be reported to the IRS.

Then you can arrange protests outside local churches. You can also point out the connections to the White House violate all ethical standards and constitutional standards. If they want to be a part of political discourse and writing public policy then let them give up their income-tax free status.

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3. Judge Roy Moore. Anyone who loves the 10 Commandments

THAT much, can't be all that bad, eh?

[C_U_L8R]

4. Considering the Eminent Domain Ruling this week...

You would think that conservatives, republicans, right wingers, moderates, fundamentalalists
or basically anyone who is not a CORPORATION would start waking up and seeing that the Bush Administration is not acting in THEIR INTEREST. The Eminent Domain ruling is a perfect example. Bush (and his surrogates and appointees) choose BUSINESS OVER PEOPLE - not surprisingly, that's one dictionary definition of facism. There's no reason to assume that Bush's Supreme Court appointees will not be giving us MORE OF THE SAME. If THE PEOPLE on the other side could just OPEN THEIR EYES for two seconds.. they would see exactly what's happening. Perhap we could even HELP THEM... instead of fighting them. In many respects, when it comes to THE PEOPLE, we should be on the same side.

Here's to a nationwide WAKE UP call. It happening... slowly and surely.

[Vickers]

6. "Radical Christian Clerics to Select New Supreme Court Justice"

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[sunnystarr]

7. Now that gives a new meaning to "advise and consent"

Somehow I don't think that's what our founders had in mind when giving the Senate that authority. Maybe the WH needs a pictoral diagram to show them the way to the Senate - unless they thought that they'd find Senators at the Christian Legal Society. Why the American people put up with this BS is beyond me!