-Caveat Lector- "I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all."
visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 07:44:17 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SNET: Can Globalism Amend Our Constitution? -> SNETNEWS Mailing List Can Globalism Amend Our Constitution? Aug. 13, 2003 by: Phyllis Schlafly We live in a global economy, right? But the elite's mouthing this mantra haven't shared with the American people the news that Globalism not only means open borders for the movement of goods and the migration of peoples, plus textbooks teaching children to be citizens of the world instead of patriots. Globalism also means bending the United States Constitution into conformity with opinions of foreigners who pompously enunciate new laws and new human rights. The uttering of these self-important bureaucrats in the United Nations and some European countries could be merely matters for TV humor if it were not that Supreme Court Justices Breyer, Kennedy, Ginsburg and Stevens take them seriously. Justice Breyer gleefully told George Stepanopoulos on ABC News how the United States is changing "through commerce and through globalization ... [and] through immigration," and that this change is having an impact on the courts. He speculated on "the challenge" of whether our U.S. Constitution "fits into the governing documents of other nations." Where did he get the idea that the U.S. Constitution should "fit" into the laws of other nations? If a country can't make its own laws, how can it be a sovereign nation? In a dissent in Knight v. Florida, Breyer said it was "useful" to consider court decisions on allowable delays of execution in India, Jamaica and Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe, indeed, has had a lot of experience with executions, but it's hardly a country from which we should get guidance about due process. Justice Kennedy couldn't find any language in the U.S. Constitution to justify overturning the Texas sodomy law in Lawrence v. Texas, so he invoked "other authorities" in "Western civilization," namely, the European Court of Human Rights, which invalidated EU countries' domestic laws proscribing homosexual conduct. Kennedy cited an amicus brief filed by Mary Robinson, former United Nations high commissioner for human rights. Kennedy wrote, "The right the petitioners seek [to engage in sodomy] has been accepted as an integral part of human freedom in many other countries," and he emphasized the "values we share with a wider civilization." In fact, most other countries do not share American values, and we don't want to share theirs. Reading foreign court decisions no doubt contributed to Kennedy's reliance on "emerging awareness ... in matters pertaining to sex" instead of on the U.S. Constitution. Four justices joined in Kennedy's majority decision without distancing themselves from his Globalyst reasoning or his false recitation of U.S. history of sodomy laws. Justice Scalia eloquently dissented: "Constitutional entitlements do not spring into existence ... because foreign nations decriminalize conduct." He called Kennedy's words "dangerous dicta," adding that the Supreme Court "should not impose foreign moods, fads or fashions on Americans." Of course, the Supreme Court should not; but it did. Is the Court now going to use Canada's fad about same-sex marriages to overturn the laws of our 50 states? Instead of condemning Kennedy's use of foreign courts to change U.S. laws, the American Bar Association president opined that "the concept of fundamental law knows no national boundaries." Sounding off from left field, Harvard professor Laurence Tribe chimed in to "applaud" the "important insights" of the "global legal community." Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer, concurring in Grutter v. Bollinger, cited a treaty to justify the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative action. They wrote: "The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, ratified by the United States in 1994 ... endorses special and concrete measures to ensure the adequate development and protection of certain racial groups ... for the purpose of guaranteeing them the full and equal enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms." When the Senate ratified that treaty under pressure from the Clinton Administration (30 years after Lyndon Johnson signed it), I wonder if anyone predicted that it would require U.S. schools to impose reverse discrimination based on race. In Atkins v. Virginia, Justice John Paul Stevens' majority opinion cited an amicus brief from the European Union. The EU warned us, Stevens wrote, that "within the world community, the imposition of the death penalty for crimes committed by mentally retarded offenders is overwhelmingly disapproved." Scalia retorted, "The views of other nations cannot be imposed upon Americans." But five justices did impose foreign views on us. It's obvious why the Democrats filibuster any judicial nominee they suspect of being a strict constructionist. The Democrats love an activist judiciary because court decisions can make fundamental changes that the American people and our elected representatives don't want. It's also obvious why the Democrats like United Nations treaties. Activist judges can use them to circumvent our Constitution and laws -- and diminish American sovereignty. Read this column online: <A HREF="http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2003/aug03/03-08-13.shtml";>http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2003/aug03/03-08-13.shtml</A> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Are you ready for an honest appraisal of the feminist movement? Phyllis Schlafly's new book Feminist Fantasies tells you all you need to know but didn't know how to ask. Order your copy now at: <A HREF="http://www.eagleforum.org/order/book/index.html#feminist";> http://www.eagleforum.org/order/book/index.html#feminist</A> Eagle Forum * PO Box 618 * Alton, IL 62002 Phone: 618-462-5415 * Fax: 618-462-8909 <A HREF="http://www.eagleforum.org/";>http://www.eagleforum.org</A> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, or unsubscribe from: Eagle E-mail, just follow this link: <A HREF="http://www.eagleforum.org/misc/subscribe.html";>http://www.eagleforum.org/misc/subscribe.html</A> Click this link, or copy and paste the address into your browser. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Constitution is the only document that the courts can legally use to judge whether something is Constitutional or not. Now, it shouldn't that take a Rocket Scientist to figure that out? Bill A Christian Patriot Hosea 4:6 -> To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?b1ddDh.b5WGbv.d2JhY29u Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^---------------------------------------------------------------- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
