Category Archives: government, law, and politics

Does It Really Matter is Harriet Miers Would Overturn Roe v. Wade?

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A lot of discussion has ensued over whether Harriet Miers would be a proponent of overturning Roe v. Wade if confirmed to a seat on the Supreme Court. Indeed, for many, this is an extremely important because some see this as the single most important issue a Justice may influence. I believe, however, that those who focus on this issue are doing themselves, Miers, and their country a disservice. It is imperative to realize that the influence of a Justice is farmore sweeping than simply the question of abortion rights.

While not directly criticizing Miers at the moment (I’ll do that later), I believe one must review the overall qualifications and integrity of a Justice long before reviewing philosophy, ideology, and theology, and certainly well before considering the potential Justice’s view on individual issues. Why concern ourselves with these areas, qualifications and integrity, before those which would seem to have a more direct application to decisions and opinions? While philosophy, ideology, and theology may have a much more direct impact on a Justice’s influence, it is my assertion that without well established qualifications and integrity, that we cannot be certain if there will be any consistency to the application of one’s philosophy, ideology, and theology.

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My Stand on Miers

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This post is an answer to N.Z. Bear’s call for blogger’s positions on Harriet Miers.

I oppose the Miers nomination.

She’s not qualified for the job. I’d much prefer a constitutional expert, with or without bench experience, or an experienced judge. My opinion is irrespective of her opinions regarding santity of life, homosexual marriage, etc. A competent interpreter is more important to me than a judge who thinks Roe V. Wade should be overturned (or at least given tighter parameters).

If you’d like to know how other bloggers feel, click here.

I Want Manna, Not Mammon

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jerrylogo.jpgI’ve been listening to the Jerry Bowyer Program on WORD-FM fairly often these days. Jerry replaced Marty Minto, who was fired under contentious circumstances. On the whole, I like the show. I like tone and style and I think Jerry handles callers well. There’s a good balance between charity and patience on the one hand and avoiding time-wasting arguments with nuts on the other. When he talks about Christian topics, I enjoy listening to him and calling the show. Something worries me, though.

Politics and economics are crowding out other topics. Jerry seems to have drunk too much Republican kool-aid. Some of his recent interviews, for instance, have had absolutely nothing to do with faith or Christian living. What do Steve Forbes’ tax obsessions or Pat Toomy’s healthcare reform crusade have to do with Christ?!

If you’re going to bring up a political or economic topic on your show, Jerry, try to make it relate it to Christianity.

GodBlogCon: *Yawn*

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So the GodBlogCon started a few days ago. Big fat hairy deal. It’s a mutual admiration society for Calvinistic Evangelical Republicans*. I really don’t think it’s going to make any real impact within the blogosphere, let alone without. It certainly won’t do anything to help Godbloggers break out of their ghetto.

If you’re about as enthused about GBC as I am, you might find Mean Dean’s mock coverage interesting.

Behind the scenes – Installment #1
Behind the scenes – Installment #2

* I have no beef with the participants, just the bias in speaker selection.

Update 10/09/06: Unfortunately, blogs4god is no more and all that’s left of these behind-the-scenes posts must be found in Google’s cache.

C-Span:Congress :: S-Span:SCOTUS?

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This interesting little tidbit of info was in the latest mailing from Grassfire.

"a new bill in Congress…would require the U.S. Supreme Court to televise its public sessions — in essence creating a Supreme Court ‘C-Span’. I believe this is a great way to bring some level of public accountability to the courts."

That sounds pretty cool. I’ll keep an eye on this and let you folks know if anything comes of it.