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Ignatius J. Reilly
(66.88.249.114) on 11/12/2003 - 11:30 a.m. says: ( 7 views
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"Although I Doubt I Qualify as Objective ... "
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(EDITED BY AUTHOR: 11/12/2003 - 11:31 a.m.) about much of anything. Here is my take.
It is a very serious matter when a sitting judge openly defies an order from a Court of competent jurisdiction, regardless of the reasons for disregarding the order. Such an act throws a sizeable wrench into the system, which, for all of its many faults, functions pretty well. The Judicial Canon of Ethics also speaks quite clearly and lucidly to this point.
First Amendment jurisprudence is more accomodating to the display of religious imagery than Wayne would have it. Justice Moore, however, took a position that was doomed to failure. He pushed too far in an effort to make, in my opinion, a politically motivated point. Even if his motives were not politically motivated, he couched the issues in a way that virtually any first year Con Law student would have predicted would fail.
I take my faith very seriously, but I have no problem with the result in Moore's case and would not object to his removal from office if violations of the Judical Canon of Ethics are found.
Personally, I think a strict separation of church and state, even if not necessarily warranted by the Constitution, is a gift to believers. This stems primarily from my rather pessimistic view of what government can do and my distrust of any partnership between government and the church, even those that appear beneficial to the church. I think the church likely suffers in any such arrangement, especially in the long run. The objectives of faith and government ultimately, and usually fundamentally, diverge.
Of course, I am aware of the arguments to the contrary and certainly acknowledge what has been called "American Civil Religion" -- that the U.S. is a nation God has blessed. One of those blessings is the freedom the church has from government entanglement of any kind.
But this is a bit of a tangent. Judges simply cannot do what Justice Moore did -- openly flaunt the Order of another Court that has jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter. Period.
marvelous singing voice.
Wayne -- pretty in touch here are we not?
On the scale of treachery and violence I wonder where this one really falls -- among those who are a bit more objective?
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