KEEPING THE FAITH ACTION ALERT
February 2, 2009

THE CULTURE OF DEATH COMES TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

Senate Democrats, under the direction of Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy, are stacking the deck - and jamming conservatives - on Justice Department nominees. Scheduling back-to-back hearings at unprecedented speed makes it impossible for Republican Members and outside groups to raise critical issues in a meaningful way.

The upshot is that we are facing the possibility of having a Culture of Death Justice Department without any serious discussion or debate. Here are the facts:

• David Ogden has been nominated for Deputy Attorney General. His hearing is next week, less than a month after nomination. He filed a brief in Planned Parenthood v Casey, and here are the relevant quotes:
   
  • (1) "Abortion rarely causes or exacerbates psychological or emotional problems. When women do experience regret, depression, or guilt, such feelings are mild and diminish rapidly without adversely affecting general functioning. The few women who do experience negative psychological responses after abortion appear to be those with preexisting emotional problems ...."
    
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  • (2) "In sum, it is grossly misleading to tell a woman that abortion imposes possible detrimental psychological effects when the risks are negligible in most cases, when the evidence shows that she is more likely to experience feelings of relief and happiness, and when child-birth and child-rearing or adoption may pose concomitant (if not greater) risks or adverse psychological effects ...."
     
• Dawn Johnson has been nominated to serve as head of the Office of Legal Counsel. She is a former counsel to NARAL. For eight years the Democrats and the Left complained that this office, charged with providing the government with objective opinions about the constitutionality of acts they wish to undertake (this is the office that opined on detainees and interrogation, for example), had been politicized in an unprecedented way. And, now, without any debate or discussion, the Obama Administration is putting forward an absolute political zealot from one of the most Leftist groups in the country.
   
• Thomas Perelli, nominated to serve as Associate Attorney General. Perelli defended the husband in the Terry Schaivo case, seeking to withdraw life-sustaining treatment.
   
• Former Dean of Law at Harvard, Elena Kagan, the Solicitor General nominee who opposed the Solomon Amendment, which denies federal funding to an institution of higher education that discriminatorily limits the access of the military to its campus for purposes of recruiting students. Opposition to this amendment from Harvard and other liberal universities was not only based on their dislike and disdain for the military, but also due to the military’s “don’t ask – don’t tell” policy relating to homosexuals serving openly in the military. On the White House web site, under civil rights, President Obama states his intention to end the “don’t ask – don’t tell” policy. So, here’s Kagan.

The perfect storm – Ogden, Johnson, Perelli, Kagan – put in place by President Obama to further his radical agenda. The legal opinions this liberal gang will have a say about includes issues ranging from abortion funding, conscience clause issues, protection of gay marriage, and all sorts of very dangerous end-of-life-related and abortion-related language in health care reform.

Senate Republicans must not let this happen without a fight. Will the aforementioned nominees enforce the Constitution – conduct themselves according to the Department of Justice stated mission: “To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.?” Look at their past actions. I think not.

At a minimum, Republican Senators need to slow the train down. Questions must be asked like – “Will you enforce the stated mission of the DOJ? Or are you going to use this position to further your radical agenda, using the authority of that department to force that agenda on the American people?”

I fear the latter which makes it even more imperative that Senators Isakson and Chambliss be very involved in the confirmation hearings. If the answers are not according to the stated mission of the DOJ - if their answers reflect a political, social and moral agenda – then they must oppose these nominations. Contact info: www.gachristianalliance.org.

Thank you for Keeping The Faith,
Sadie Fields
 

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