A Call For Term Limits On Judges

Posted on October 17, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU | 5 Comments

The Constitution…is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary which they may twist and shape into any form they please.” — Thomas Jefferson

Hat tip Kevin Drum
Ron Brownstein wrote a piece in the LA Times today:
“an informal band of prominent legal thinkers from left and right” thinks we should do away with [...]

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Mayor Ray Nagin Runs For Reelection

Posted on October 17, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 6 Comments

Hat tip California Conservative
You’ve got to be kidding me! Mayor Ray Nagin is running for reelection!
“We’ve ACCOMPLISHED a great deal in the past TWO YEARS…we have put our house in order…so that we can set up the framework to KEEP MOVING FORWARD.”
– Mayor Ray Nagin
“When I ran for Mayor in 2002, it was [...]

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ACLU Speaker Bashes Faith-Based Initiatives

Posted on October 17, 2005 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, Church And State, News | 5 Comments

In another effort to help fight our First Amendment rights that guarantee us the freedom of religion, an ACLU attorney in Pennsylvania made a speech bashing things such as the displaying of the Ten Commandments, and faith-based initiatives supported by President Bush.
Speaking at the annual meeting of the Lancaster chapter of the ACLU Sunday, ACLU [...]

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Court Allows Inmate’s Abortion

Posted on October 17, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 4 Comments

Hat tip SCOTUS Blog
The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for a Missouri inmate to obtain an abortion over the objection of state officials. In a brief order, the Court refused the state’s request to stay a federal judge’s order requiring that the inmate be taken to a St. Louis clinic. Justice Clarence Thomas [...]

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Carnival of True Civil Liberties III

Posted on October 17, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU | 4 Comments

Richard Evans at Cannuckistan Chronicles starts this off with
Ogre at Ogre’s Politics and Views presents ACLU Supports Censorship. If you want to argue Intelligent Design Vs. Evolution, this is the place to go.
But don’t underestimate Ms. Underestimated on the evolution debate either. MsUnderestimated at MsUnderestimated presents It’s Called a “Theory” for a [...]

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PETA Charged With Killing Animals

Posted on October 17, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU | Comments Off

ViaVirginia Pilot
Here is another loony, and hypocritical leftwing organization for you.
WINTON, N.C. — The cats and dogs two PETA employees have been charged with euthanizing and dumping in an Ahoskie garbage bin were killed by injections of pentobarbital, a barbiturate commonly used to put down animals, according to new warrants issued and served on Friday.
Additionally, [...]

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ACLU Defends Woman Who Gave Birth To Drug Addicted Baby

Posted on October 17, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU | 4 Comments

Once again, the ACLU are confused on who is truly the victim.
Stephanie E. Robbins, 24, was arrested Tuesday at her home in the rural community of Wittman. She is charged with reckless endangerment and possession of drugs. Test results showed drugs in the bloodstream of Robbins’ child, who was born at a Baltimore hospital, authorities [...]

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