As your constituent, I urge you to reject the judicial nomination of Janice Rogers Brown to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Senate Judiciary Committee should reject the nomination of California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown to a federal appeals court because her views on religious liberty are too extreme. Brown’s views in this area are so narrow that she would effectively leave minority religious believers subject to majority rule. As a Pagan I take offense to her trying to push her way of life on me. This is going in my blog as a way to speak up for those who are not christian.
These views would threaten the fundamental rights of countless Americans, especially in view of the D.C. Circuit’s exceptionally powerful role among the federal circuit courts. I have serious concerns that her extreme views of the non-applicability of the Bill of Rights to the States, as well as her rejection of the separation of church and state embodied in the Establishment Clause, could dramatically undermine core religious liberty protections
Appellate court judges must apply the law as stated by the Supreme Court, not engage in judicial activism by attempting to create new law more to their liking. Brown’s statements and writings indicate that she has little respect for the concept of respecting precedent - a key feature of modern jurisprudence.
Brown’s views go far beyond a conservative interpretation of separation of church and state. Her views are, in fact, radically regressive. She would turn back the clock on religious freedom and overturn more than 50 years of church-state law.
I sent that letter and yet they still put her in. I feel so sorry for our country. If "they" keep this up we won't have a country anymore.
Friday, June 10, 2005
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