Tuesday, April 26, 2005

The United States is undergoing 'Faith War, " says blocked Judicial Nominee

Just in case you were wondering why the Senate Democrats have blocked the nomination of California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown to the United State U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, her an article from the Los Angeles Times covering a speech she gave at a Catholic ceremony last Sunday, where she declared that the United State is at war...

WASHINGTON — Just days after a bitterly divided Senate committee voted along party lines to approve her nomination as a federal appellate court judge, California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown told an audience on Sunday that people of faith were embroiled in a "war" against secular humanists who threaten to divorce America from its religious roots, according to a newspaper account of the speech.

Brown's remarks come as a partisan battle over judges has evolved into a national debate over the proper mix of God and government and as Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) ponders changing the chamber's rules to prevent Democrats from using procedural moves to block confirmation of conservative jurists such as Brown.


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