was out yesterday having knee surgery, so am catching up.

thanks so much for this. i was not familiar with the jackson speech — it’s way up there as a civics lesson, a warning of the threats facing liberty and an explanation of how the government is to run when it is not being subverted by the antidemocratic, antigovernmental right. man those moderate republican types like jackson and eisenhower where actually flaming lefties. who knew?

the insights of the other commenters are excellent as well.

FDL: raising the level of intelligent discourse, one post at a time.

thanks again.

Great post.

What has happened to the Republican Party is very simple.

The Christian right, in pursuit of their making abortion illegal again, has spent the last several decades completely upending the Republican Party to achieve this “legislating morality” goal.

Ah, but it’s not just “legislating morality” that is on their must-do list, but also planting as many Christian right operatives as possible in the federal judiciary and on the Supreme Court.

And all because of their obsession over a woman’s right to have an abortion, an obsession that I call the Christian right’s idol worship of the fetus in place of God, which ties in with their male-dominated belief that women aren’t equal, but are subordinate to men.

So, Monica Goodling, as part of this Christian right nefarious scheme, a graduate of Messiah College and Regent University, is placed in a pivotal position between the Bush White House and Gonzales’ Justice Department. She is then given unprecedented authority, as did Kyle Sampson, to promote her anti-abortion Christian right agenda unchecked and for a short time without any oversight.

I just wonder how many Christian right anti-abortion fanatics now comprise our Justice Department? From top to bottom, our Justice Department should be thoroughly reviewed, with every public servant in our Justice Department being scrutinized fully. When were they hired? What’s their background? What’s their qualifications?

The Democratic-controlled Congress should vet all of them, because it is quite obvious that this is the end-game for which the Christian right fanatics were aiming: to subvert our generally fair and impartial federal judiciary in pursuit of seeing abortion outlawed again in our free, democratic society.

Thanks to the Oracle for this masterly analysis.

Query from a non-American: Is DAG a career post or political?

Typo watch (sorry)

Among not amoung (twice)

gobbledygook and claptrap, not gobbletygook and claptrapp

Roberts saw the Hatch Act, not Roberts say the Hatch Act.

No, really. And I’m sure they’ll be writing their Republican Congressmen and women and Senators to demand impeachment.

What has happened to the Republican Party is very simple.

The Christian right, in pursuit of their making abortion illegal again, has spent the last several decades completely upending the Republican Party to achieve this “legislating morality” goal.

Ah, but it’s not just “legislating morality” that is on their must-do list, but also planting as many Christian right operatives as possible in the federal judiciary and on the Supreme Court.

And all because of their obsession over a woman’s right to have an abortion, an obsession that I call the Christian right’s idol worship of the fetus in place of God, which ties in with their male-dominated belief that women aren’t equal, but are subordinate to men.

So, Monica Goodling, as part of this Christian right nefarious scheme, a graduate of Messiah College and Regent University, is placed in a pivotal position between the Bush White House and Gonzales’ Justice Department. She is then given unprecedented authority, as did Kyle Sampson, to promote her anti-abortion Christian right agenda unchecked and for a short time without any oversight.

I just wonder how many Christian right anti-abortion fanatics now comprise our Justice Department? From top to bottom, our Justice Department should be thoroughly reviewed, with every public servant in our Justice Department being scrutinized fully. When were they hired? What’s their background? What’s their qualifications?

The Democratic-controlled Congress should vet all of them, because it is quite obvious that this is the end-game for which the Christian right fanatics were aiming: to subvert our generally fair and impartial federal judiciary in pursuit of seeing abortion outlawed again in our free, democratic society.

carmen @ 26

Looseheadprop,

Thanks for reminding us of one of the reasons we were proud to be Americans before Bush & Company trashed the joint. Good news about the petition to restore habeus corpus. Gives one heart to know that legal professionals of all political persuasions are fed up and ready to take action to restore the rule of law.

We’ve become “law & order” liberals. Gotta love it.

How about a law to restore habeus corpus with a signing statement to exclude members of the Republic Party?

I’d say we need 2 new constitutional amendments – one making it clear that habeus corpus is at the center of our legal system, and another banning torture for all time.

And justice denied, leaves liberty and freedom unsatisfied.

very profound

Great post. I swear, I just went back and read his entire opening statement before nurenburg with this directly on my mind. Not only do I love the way your write, but I like your thinking too.

In the midst of such sordid news, it good to feel a lift of what government and justice should entail.