Thursday, December 06, 2007

8th Circuit Judges Apparently Not Vying for Supreme Court Seats


For the judges who ruled in the majority on this case, it can only mean that they have no hope or intention of being nominated by Bush if there is another Supreme Court vacancy before the end of his term because certainly he will not be happy to read about this....Ooops...Read?? What was I thinking??.....

DES MOINES, Iowa - A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the state of Iowa cannot fund an evangelical Christian prison ministry program because doing so advances or endorses religion, violating the Constitutional separation of church and state.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld U.S. District Judge Robert Pratt's June 2006 ruling that a Prison Fellowship Ministries Inc. program at the Newton Correctional Facility was unconstitutional if paid for with taxpayer dollars and should be shut down.

Barry Lynn, executive director of the Washington-based advocacy group Americans United For Separation of Church and State, which brought the lawsuit, said the ruling would have major implications for the Bush administration's policies of allowing faith-based groups to offer services to government institutions.

The 24-hour a day, seven-day a week program at Newton immerses inmates in evangelical Christianity. Barry Lynn, executive director of the Washington-based advocacy group Americans United For Separation of Church and State, which brought the lawsuit, said "The basic framework of this decision is that government can't pay for these religious social services nor can they turn over functions of government essentially to religious operations."

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

WHO SAID IT?


At least some Republicans can now see how ruthless and incompetent this administratin has been.....


"This is one of the most arrogant, incompetent administrations I've ever seen or ever read about. . . They have failed the country." - GOP Senator Chuck Hagel