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AJC
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And that is what happens when Christians confuse politics for faith.
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steveandersen
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Amazing. The conservatives have held the reigns for years and this guy thinks everything must still be somebody else’s fault?
It’s just an ad for his book.
It’s just an ad for his book.
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Arba_Sicula
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And, as he said, what have they done to make this a conservative nation?
As a liberal, I have to agree with some of his assessment of how my side continues to win, even after our losing elections, but where he thinks that a bad thing, I don’t.
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Jay74
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Someone elses fault? He is squarely blaming the conservatives for not fighting their battle correctly.
It doesn’t matter that he is pitching for his book, especially if his book says more to support what his article says. Many honorable people would refer to their own book in this situation.
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Arba Sicula:
I’ll make full disclosure that I am a conservative, and I think modern liberalism is wreaking havoc on America. With that said, I’d rather see a liberal agenda passed legitimately through due process, than see a conservative agenda pushed through by the courts.
Why? Due process involves legislatures and executives, who are accountable on election day, which helps preserve our freedom and liberty. On the other hand, having a handful of judges assume unchecked supremacy over the Congress and president, and substitute their will for the law as an unelected, unaccountable, serve-for-life body having the final say–that, my friend, is the very definition of tyrrany.
A great example is abortion. The constitution is silent on abortion, making it a state power. Yet, five “judicial dictators” substituted their will for the law and made it legal. Using the courts as the final say on what laws should be, rather than their defined role as saying what laws are, makes the Judiciary a despotic branch.
Let’s quit using any vehicle available to push an agenda, and lets move it to the legislature for debate and votes by accountable people, where it belongs. And may the best ideas win, not just the ones a couple judges happen to agree with.
With all due respect, I think this line of thinking is dangerous to a free people.But where he thinks that a bad thing, I don’t.
I’ll make full disclosure that I am a conservative, and I think modern liberalism is wreaking havoc on America. With that said, I’d rather see a liberal agenda passed legitimately through due process, than see a conservative agenda pushed through by the courts.
Why? Due process involves legislatures and executives, who are accountable on election day, which helps preserve our freedom and liberty. On the other hand, having a handful of judges assume unchecked supremacy over the Congress and president, and substitute their will for the law as an unelected, unaccountable, serve-for-life body having the final say–that, my friend, is the very definition of tyrrany.
A great example is abortion. The constitution is silent on abortion, making it a state power. Yet, five “judicial dictators” substituted their will for the law and made it legal. Using the courts as the final say on what laws should be, rather than their defined role as saying what laws are, makes the Judiciary a despotic branch.
Let’s quit using any vehicle available to push an agenda, and lets move it to the legislature for debate and votes by accountable people, where it belongs. And may the best ideas win, not just the ones a couple judges happen to agree with.
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Philip_P
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Speaking as someone generally on the more liberal side of policy debates, I do see the point about not wanting to force policy through the courts. It’s been rather frightening to realize that progress on labor rights and environmental protections could be imperiled simply as a result of who one man appoints to the SCOTUS. It’s also been eye opening to realize that the national consensus on these issues is so shallow. I wish more time had been spent deepening national committment to such issues and less on fighting court battles.
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Jay74
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Philip P:
overrule over 500 congressmen and the president.
Very true. Good people, liberal and conservative alike, can both bring good ideas to the table that should be discussed and debated, with the best ideas winning. Such positive dialogue is stifled when it takes 5 of 9 individuals to
overrule over 500 congressmen and the president.
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soccerDad
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Petty politics and crass self promotion. Why is this better than any book by conservative authors? It’s just more polarizing politics, with a bit of God talk thrown in at the end, for sales I’m guessing, since it doesn’t seem otherwise connected.
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