Wednesday, October 26, 2005
1993 Miers Speech Has Right-Wing Upset
Self-Determination Bad ------ Baaaaaaad
Might Interfere With Plans For Theocratic Fascist Nanny State
Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers said in a speech more than a decade ago that "self-determination" should guide decisions about abortion and school prayer and that in cases where scientific facts are disputed and religious beliefs vary, "government should not act."
In a 1993 speech to a Dallas women's group, Miers talked about abortion, the separation of church and state, and how the issues play out in the legal system. "The underlying theme in most of these cases is the insistence of more self-determination," she said. "And the more I think about these issues, the more self-determination makes sense."
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"This is going to be very disturbing to conservatives because I think it shows that she is a judicial activist," said Mathew D. Staver, president and general counsel for the Liberty Counsel, which frequently argues constitutional cases from the conservative perspective. "This concept of self-determination could clearly be read in support for things like abortion or same-sex marriage, and it's a philosophy that cuts a judge loose from the Constitution."
Washington Post
Freedom is Slavery, Snowball is Trotskii, Self-Determination is Judicial Activism. Remember that.
# posted by Neo-Malthus @ 7:57 PM 
