The truth about what this battle is about. Tom Delay planned this from the start.
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/nation/11238961.htm
Battle over judicial nominees likely to be ideological war
BY DICK POLMAN
This potentially historic confrontation between the dominant Republicans and minority Democrats, which could occur as early as mid-April, is shaping up to be the marquee ideological war of 2005. Conservatives, firmly in control at the White House and on Capitol Hill, are now targeting the federal courts, which they view as the last repository of liberal power, a haven for "activist judges" with lifetime tenure. They're thirsting for an overhaul.
You tell me that they haven't been planning this from the start!
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=45109
In just one week, the Council's first conference -- Confronting The Judicial War On Faith -- will convene at the Washington Marriott in Washington, D.C. Confronting The Judicial War On Faith will address the rising tide of judicial despotism, of which the Schiavo case is the latest and most poignant example.
Keynote speakers will include House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who was instrumental in moving the Schiavo legislation through Congress, and David C. Gibbs, Esq. of the Christian Law Association, who represented Terri's parents in their valiant efforts to save her life.
Other speakers at the Confronting The Judicial War On Faith conference (April 7-8) include: Sen. Sam Brownback, former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, Alan Keyes, former Vatican Ambassador Ray Flynn, Rep. Steve Chabot, Rep. Todd Akin, Phyllis Schlafly and Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council.
The conference also will consider Ten Commandments displays and the right of Americans to publicly acknowledge God, judicial nominations, the judicial assault on marriage and remedies to judicial tyranny.