Greetings . . .
Sometimes attending church is much like attending a political rally. A rally that doesn't always have all the facts. That was the case for me attending church on Sunday.
Before services began a member of the Right-to-Life organization decided it was time to politicize the abortion issue in church. While my position on the issue is well known, I'm not really interested in having a church member providing only one side of the issue.
Of course, they can present any side of the issue they like, but I wish they would give the facts correctly.
During the presentation, the facts of Row v Wade were incorrectly stated. The affect of Row v Wade was stated incorrectly. They forgot to mention there are some restrictions on abortion in most states. They forgot to mention that Congress passed a partial-birth abortion ban. They forgot to mention that Congress recently passed a bill that would not allow young women to cross statelines to avoid a parental notification law. They forgot all these facts.
So, if you have an opinion on the abortion issue, fine. Just make sure that you know and understand all sides of the issue.
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The Supreme Court will be re-entering the discussion on abortion. The Court will hear an appeal of a decision to strike down a parental notification law in New Hampshire.
The appeal comes from a 2003 case decided by the 1st US District Court of Appeals in Boston. The court struck down New Hampshire's parental notification law because it did not provide and exception to protect the minor's health in the case of an emergency.
The case will be heard in the new term that begins in October.
This case and other important issues scheduled for the new term are fueling speculation on the possible retirement t of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. If Rehnquist retires before the end of the term, a firestorm will surround any presidential nomination for his replacement. The White House has developed a short list of potential candidates, but claims it is only an exercise.
Speculation is Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas are potential; successors to Rehnquist with Scalia being the choice of many.
Court Taking Up Abortion Notification - Yahoo! News
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In a 6-3 vote the Supreme Court rules that a state can restrict participation in a state's primary election to the party's own members.
At issue is a Oklahoma law that prohibits political parties from opening their primaries to other registered votes.
The state Libertarian Party was seeking to have Democrats and Republicans to vote in its primary to draw more voters to its candidates.
The justices reversed a US appeals court decision that declared the Oklahoma law was unconstitutional. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the opinion for the majority.
Oklahoma is one of 24 states that have some type of restriction on voting in party primaries.
State can limit party primary election, court rules - Yahoo! News
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A vote to end debate on the nomination of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen is scheduled for tomorrow. The result of that vote could set into motion the process to change a Senate rule that will ban filibusters for judicial nominees.
Several "moderate" senators have been negotiating for a settlement. Thus far the only possible compromise is to vote for only a few justices and ask President Bush to withdraw the names of more "controversial" nominees.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and the White House have rejected this same compromise several times in the past weeks.
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NBC's Meet the Press wasted its entire hour on Sunday with a lengthy interview of DNC Chairman Howard Dean.
Although Dean did not give his signature scream, he did dodge many questions from host Tim Russert.
On several occasion Russert tried to pin Dean down on his statement that Tom DeLay should return to Texas and serve his prison term. Russert asked if this was appropriate since DeLay hasn't been convicted of anything. Dean said he believed he was guilty.
Later Russert asked how he could "go soft" on Osama Bin Laden and convict DeLay without a trial. Dean said he thought De:Lay was guilty.
So, much for "innocent until proven guilty" for opponents of the Democratic Party.
MSNBC - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC - Front Page
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More later.
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