{"id":19976,"date":"2014-05-08T15:07:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T19:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=19976"},"modified":"2014-05-08T15:07:19","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T19:07:19","slug":"the-god-problem-and-the-u-s-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=19976","title":{"rendered":"The god problem and the U.S. courts"},"content":{"rendered":"
You might think this piece of information I just got from the Brennan Center is about the Supreme Court decision about allowing prayers before town hall meetings in Greece, New York.<\/div>\n
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It’s not, but it’s a scary follow-up:<\/div>\n
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JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
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GOP Senate Candidates Call for Judges to Abide by Biblical Law <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The conservative Iowa-based group The Family Leader hosted a debate for Iowa Republican U.S. Senate candidates on April 25th<\/sup> that focused heavily on biblical law. Opposing Views<\/a> writes, \u201cAlmost every GOP candidate cited an adherence to God, the Bible, or natural law (which conservatives often refer to as rights from God) as a requirement for federal judge nominees.\u201d Candidate Matt Whitaker, a former federal prosecutor, declared, \u201cAs long as they have that [biblical] worldview, then they\u2019ll be a good judge. And if they have a secular worldview, where this is all we have here on earth, then I\u2019m going to be very concerned about how they judge.\u201d According to The Raw Story<\/a>, \u201cRadio host and retired Air Force colonel Sam Clovis said he would use natural law as a \u2018litmus test\u2019 for judges, while\u00a0Sarah Palin-backed state Sen. Joni Ernst<\/a>\u00a0(R-Red Oak) said judges and senators should understand U.S. laws \u2018come from God\u2019 and make their decisions \u2018within that criteria.\u2019\u201d Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Scott Brennan denounced debate moderator Erick Erickson for his comments against women and the LGBT community, saying, \u201cErick Erickson represents the fringe of the Republican Party that thrives on fear, ignorance and obstructionism, but that\u2019s the exact type of senator these Republicans want to be.\u201d In 2010, The Family Leader was part of a successful movement against<\/a> the retention of three Iowa Supreme Court justices who had ruled in favor of same-sex marriage.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You might think this piece of information I just got from the Brennan Center is about the Supreme Court decision about allowing prayers before town hall meetings in Greece, New York. It’s not, but it’s a scary follow-up: JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[540],"class_list":["post-19976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","tag-first-amendment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t