When Judges Are Out of Order:
Judicial Nominations and Your Rights     6/22/2005
By Jan LaRue, Chief Counsel

A gavel may be all that stands between you and the rights and liberties you cherish as an American.

"There is no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers." The Federalist No. 78

1. AMERICANS BELIEVE IN EQUAL PROTECTION FOR ALL AMERICANS: It was judges not legislators who ruled that African slaves were not citizens protected by the U.S. Constitution but were the property of their slave masters. Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1856).
2. AMERICANS ARE PROLIFE: It was judges not legislators who by an act of "raw judicial power" struck-down the abortion laws of the states and created a constitutional "right" to abortion. Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).
3. AMERICANS TREASURE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: It was judges not legislators who ruled that a school district policy permitting student-led, student-initiated prayer prior to school football games violates the Constitution. Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290 (2000).
4. AMERICANS ARE PATRIOTIC: It was judges not legislators who ruled that burning the American flag is "expressive conduct" protected by the First Amendment. Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989).
5. AMERICANS BELIEVE IN MARRIAGE: It was judges not legislators who created a right of homosexual marriage. Goodridge v. Department of Health, 440 Mass. 309, 798 N.E.2d 941 (Mass. 2003).
6. AMERICANS WANT CHILDREN PROTECTED FROM SEXUAL PREDATORS: It was judges not legislators who ruled that the First Amendment protects "virtual" child pornography. Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, 122 S. Ct. 1389 (2002)
7. AMERICANS BELIEVE IN PARENTAL RIGHTS: It was judges not legislators who ruled that minor girls may obtain an abortion without parental consent. Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth, 428 U.S. 52 (1976).
8. AMERICANS WANT GOD ACKNOWLEDGED IN PUBLIC LIFE: It was judges not legislators who ruled that a state law requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms is unconstitutional. Stone v. Graham, 449 U.S. 39 (1980).
9. AMERICANS SUPPORT LAWS THAT PROTECT MORALITY: It was judges not legislators who ruled that sodomy is a constitutional right. Lawrence v. Texas, 123 S. Ct. 2472 (2003).
10. AMERICANS BELIEVE IN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AMERICANS: It was judges not legislators who ruled that a university may use race as a factor in selecting students for admission. Grutter v. Bollinger, 123 S. Ct. 2325 (2003).

Judges, unlike legislators, are unelected and unaccountable to the people they represent. Who becomes a judge affects every area of your life. A gavel may be all that stands between you and the rights and liberties you cherish as an American.

Ultra left special interest groups are spending millions to make sure that only individuals who share their political agenda become federal judges. They want judges who write law rather than judges who interpret the laws that "We the People" write. Unless you actively participate in the judicial nominations process by making sure that the president and the U.S. senators know that you want federal judges who respect the Constitution, the rule of law and the limited role of a judge, the rights lost may be your own.

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