More on the coming battle over President Bush's judicial nominees from the Denver Post [April 24, 2005, "Filibuster fight a warm-up for the Supreme showdown"]. From the article, "The nasty skirmishing between conservative preacher James Dobson and Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar over the Senate filibuster rule is no random collision; it's a harbinger of the impending battle over the future of the U.S. Supreme Court. President Bush seems likely to have one or more opportunities to name new justices to the high court before he leaves office in 2009. As a member of the Senate, Salazar will have a say in confirming or rejecting those nominees."
Diane Carman comes to U.S. Senator Ken Salazar's defense in her column in today's Denver Post [April 24, 2005, "Salazar is the one keeping faith"]. She writes, "The religious right has control of the legislature and the presidency, Banks said. All they need now is the judiciary. The filibuster is all that stands in their way. So with this vote looming, it may be time for all of us to get down on our knees. Because if these kooks succeed in painting Ken Salazar as a heathen, just imagine what's in store for the rest of us."
Ed Cone: "Here's something to think about on your way to church this morning: Your political opinions may define you as being 'against people of faith.' Says who? Not some radical Islamist organization declaring war on infidels, but a group of conservative American Christians who claim that opposing the Republican leadership in the U.S. Senate amounts to opposing religious truth...God is not a Republican or a Democrat. To claim that one party is an enemy of the faithful is not just insulting, it's incendiary, and the fires you start this way can be very difficult to put out. Part of America's brilliance has been its stoutly secular government, which has allowed religion to flourish. We mess with that at our own peril."
TalkLeft: "Today is 'Justice Sunday.' Read Frank Rich in Sunday's New York Times, A High-Tech Lynching in Prime Time."
Category: 2004 Presidential Transition
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