Senate Confirms Dangerous Religious Extremist Allison Rushing As Federal Judge

[Hossfly]

It ain't bigotry. It's the law. God's law.

I don't give a crap about God's law. This is a Constitutional republic and a secular society. Deal with it.

What the hell do you think US laws are based on? Take a guess.

Civil, rational ,concepts of human society and decency Good without God . Have faith in humankind.


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Humankind is fickle and I don't trust them.

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Nah. They would have a patent if they did.

 

[beautress]

There is something seriously amiss in the Republican Party. It is one thing to appoint Judges who share a political ideology but to unanimously confirm someone who is as extreme as Allison Rushing is a slap in the face of the American people and a step towards tearing up the Constitution.

She does do respect the establishment clause of the first amendment

She wants to re-criminalize homosexuality -something that the vast majority of Americans would be appalled by

This has got to stop before our Constitutional Republic is damaged further . The question that I have is , are these Senators just pandering to what they think the Republican base wants, do they actually believe as she does, or do they just not give a shit?

Senate Confirms Dangerous Religious Extremist Allison Rushing As Federal Judge

More of that Christian theocracy: Allison Rushing, a dangerous religious extremist and former warrior for an anti-LGBT hate group, has been confirmed to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

Rushing was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by the Senate earlier this week on a 53-44 party-line vote, with all present Democrats voting against her, and all present Republicans voting for her.

The confirmation makes Rushing, 37, the youngest federal judge in the country, and also one of the most dangerous.

Why are you worried about freedom of religion? Everyone has it in America. Americans who believe the Bible don't necessarily impose their beliefs on everyone else. We do, however, reserve the right to have a gut reaction or even say "Eeeeeeeeeewwwww!" out loud if something we don't like flaunts itself in our face..

 

[Manonthestreet]

There is something seriously amiss in the Republican Party. It is one thing to appoint Judges who share a political ideology but to unanimously confirm someone who is as extreme as Allison Rushing is a slap in the face of the American people and a step towards tearing up the Constitution.

She does do respect the establishment clause of the first amendment

She wants to re-criminalize homosexuality -something that the vast majority of Americans would be appalled by

This has got to stop before our Constitutional Republic is damaged further . The question that I have is , are these Senators just pandering to what they think the Republican base wants, do they actually believe as she does, or do they just not give a shit?

Senate Confirms Dangerous Religious Extremist Allison Rushing As Federal Judge

More of that Christian theocracy: Allison Rushing, a dangerous religious extremist and former warrior for an anti-LGBT hate group, has been confirmed to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

Rushing was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by the Senate earlier this week on a 53-44 party-line vote, with all present Democrats voting against her, and all present Republicans voting for her.

The confirmation makes Rushing, 37, the youngest federal judge in the country, and also one of the most dangerous.

Tearing up the Constitution ya say...funny coming from a party shredding it as fast as they can

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

There is something seriously amiss in the Republican Party. It is one thing to appoint Judges who share a political ideology but to unanimously confirm someone who is as extreme as Allison Rushing is a slap in the face of the American people and a step towards tearing up the Constitution.

She does do respect the establishment clause of the first amendment

She wants to re-criminalize homosexuality -something that the vast majority of Americans would be appalled by

This has got to stop before our Constitutional Republic is damaged further . The question that I have is , are these Senators just pandering to what they think the Republican base wants, do they actually believe as she does, or do they just not give a shit?

Senate Confirms Dangerous Religious Extremist Allison Rushing As Federal Judge

More of that Christian theocracy: Allison Rushing, a dangerous religious extremist and former warrior for an anti-LGBT hate group, has been confirmed to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

Rushing was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by the Senate earlier this week on a 53-44 party-line vote, with all present Democrats voting against her, and all present Republicans voting for her.

The confirmation makes Rushing, 37, the youngest federal judge in the country, and also one of the most dangerous.

Why are you worried about freedom of religion? Everyone has it in America. Americans who believe the Bible don't necessarily impose their beliefs on everyone else. We do, however, reserve the right to have a gut reaction or even say "Eeeeeeeeeewwwww!" out loud if something we don't like flaunts itself in our face..

What are you blathering about.? Yes, everyone has freedom of religion. But some, like Rushing, wield religion as a weapon in an attempt to impose their religious values on others and to use government to do so. That erodes my freedom to reject religion which is the flip side of freedom to practice religion and just as important.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

There is something seriously amiss in the Republican Party. It is one thing to appoint Judges who share a political ideology but to unanimously confirm someone who is as extreme as Allison Rushing is a slap in the face of the American people and a step towards tearing up the Constitution.

She does do respect the establishment clause of the first amendment

She wants to re-criminalize homosexuality -something that the vast majority of Americans would be appalled by

This has got to stop before our Constitutional Republic is damaged further . The question that I have is , are these Senators just pandering to what they think the Republican base wants, do they actually believe as she does, or do they just not give a shit?

Senate Confirms Dangerous Religious Extremist Allison Rushing As Federal Judge

More of that Christian theocracy: Allison Rushing, a dangerous religious extremist and former warrior for an anti-LGBT hate group, has been confirmed to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

Rushing was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by the Senate earlier this week on a 53-44 party-line vote, with all present Democrats voting against her, and all present Republicans voting for her.

The confirmation makes Rushing, 37, the youngest federal judge in the country, and also one of the most dangerous.

Tearing up the Constitution ya say...funny coming from a party shredding it as fast as they can

Really? Please explain.

 

[Zorro!]

There is something seriously amiss in the Republican Party. It is one thing to appoint Judges who share a political ideology but to unanimously confirm someone who is as extreme as Allison Rushing is a slap in the face of the American people and a step towards tearing up the Constitution.

She does do respect the establishment clause of the first amendment

She wants to re-criminalize homosexuality -something that the vast majority of Americans would be appalled by

This has got to stop before our Constitutional Republic is damaged further . The question that I have is , are these Senators just pandering to what they think the Republican base wants, do they actually believe as she does, or do they just not give a shit?

Senate Confirms Dangerous Religious Extremist Allison Rushing As Federal Judge

More of that Christian theocracy: Allison Rushing, a dangerous religious extremist and former warrior for an anti-LGBT hate group, has been confirmed to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

Rushing was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by the Senate earlier this week on a 53-44 party-line vote, with all present Democrats voting against her, and all present Republicans voting for her.

The confirmation makes Rushing, 37, the youngest federal judge in the country, and also one of the most dangerous.

Yet another hate-filled smear by a Lefty who supports the Cry-Bullies. Allison's "sin"? She spoke out against the village secularists with eggshell "sensitivities” because they were offended by large religious monuments on government land.

Lefties argued that at 36 she is "too young". Has AOC commented on this claim?

A majority of the American Bar Association rated her as “qualified.”

A highly successful lawyer, she has filed more than 45 briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court. Rushing earned more than $650,000 in partner compensation in 2017.

From 2007 to 2008, Rushing clerked for then-Judge Neil Gorsuch on the Tenth Circuit, and a year later she clerked for Judge David Sentelle on the D.C. Circuit.

So no, she is not unqualified simply because you hate her for holding views you disagree with.

COCAINE MITCH PLAYS FOR KEEPS:

Faster, please.

 

[Third Party]

If she does not recognize separation of church and state, she needs to go. More trouble has been caused in the name of religion than any other except money. Look at the trouble we have with the Muslim lite sisters in Congress.

 

[Oddball]

There is something seriously amiss in the Republican Party. It is one thing to appoint Judges who share a political ideology but to unanimously confirm someone who is as extreme as Allison Rushing is a slap in the face of the American people and a step towards tearing up the Constitution.

She does do respect the establishment clause of the first amendment

She wants to re-criminalize homosexuality -something that the vast majority of Americans would be appalled by

This has got to stop before our Constitutional Republic is damaged further . The question that I have is , are these Senators just pandering to what they think the Republican base wants, do they actually believe as she does, or do they just not give a shit?

Senate Confirms Dangerous Religious Extremist Allison Rushing As Federal Judge

More of that Christian theocracy: Allison Rushing, a dangerous religious extremist and former warrior for an anti-LGBT hate group, has been confirmed to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

Rushing was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by the Senate earlier this week on a 53-44 party-line vote, with all present Democrats voting against her, and all present Republicans voting for her.

The confirmation makes Rushing, 37, the youngest federal judge in the country, and also one of the most dangerous.

Yes, we know that you and those of your kind see anyone whop stands for basic decency, sanity, and common sense as a “Dangerous Religious Extremist”. Even when religion has nothing whatsoever to do with it.

Your kind wants to see dangerous, child-grooming sexual perverts put into positions of power and authority; and are terrified of any decent, people in such positions.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

Give it a fucking rest you child sex obsessed, mentally deranged , and delusional, self appointed arbitrator of decency

Says the asswipe who does little more than continuously post shit about homos and other sexual deviants.

 

[Zorro!]

If she does not recognize separation of church and state, she needs to go. More trouble has been caused in the name of religion than any other except money. Look at the trouble we have with the Muslim lite sisters in Congress.

Our First Amendment is fine just the way it is.

You think the Supreme Court has a problem with a 40-foot-tall cross that stands on public land in Maryland? The memorial is a nearly 100-year-old cross that was built in a Washington, D.C., suburb as a memorial to area residents who died in World War I.

Even Leftwing Justice Kagan noted that the cross is a symbol linked with soldiers killed in World War I.

“When you go into a World War I battlefield, there are Stars of David there, but because those battlefields were just rows and rows and rows of crosses, the cross became, in people’s minds, the pre-eminent symbol of how to memorialize World War I dead,” she said, adding that there are no religious words on the Maryland cross and that it sits in an area with other war memorials. She asked, “So why in a case like that can we not say essentially the religious content has been stripped of this monument?”
​

Leftwing Breyer asked a lawyer arguing for the cross’ challengers what she thought about saying that “history counts” and that “We’re not going to have people trying to tear down historical monuments even here.”

“What about the marshal’s cry: “God save the United States and this honorable court.”​

The cross’s defenders include The American Legion, which raised money for the monument, and Maryland officials who took over maintenance of the cross nearly 60 years ago to preserve it and address traffic safety concerns. Maryland officials say the cross, sometimes called the “Peace Cross,” doesn’t violate the Constitution because it has a secular purpose and meaning.

Those defending the cross say a ruling against them could doom of hundreds of war memorials that use crosses to commemorate soldiers who died. Justice Samuel Alito picked up on that concern during arguments, telling American Humanist Association lawyer Monica Miller: “There are cross monuments all over the country, many of them quite old. Do you want them all taken down?”

In 1971 the court announced one test for such cases. It asks whether the government’s action has a secular purpose, advances or inhibits religion or fosters “an excessive government entanglement with religion.” But in the decades since, the court hasn’t followed that test, and several former and current justices have criticized it.

Justice Neil Gorsuch asked if it wasn’t time to get rid of the test, saying it has resulted in a “welter of confusion.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested that lower courts “need some clarity” from the Supreme Court.

Your bigoted small-minded smears of this highly accomplished young woman are vile. You should reconsider, repent of them and issue a public apology to make atonement for your corrupt slander of her reputation.

 

[Third Party]

If she does not recognize separation of church and state, she needs to go. More trouble has been caused in the name of religion than any other except money. Look at the trouble we have with the Muslim lite sisters in Congress.

Our First Amendment is fine just the way it is.

You think the Supreme Court has a problem with a 40-foot-tall cross that stands on public land in Maryland? The memorial is a nearly 100-year-old cross that was built in a Washington, D.C., suburb as a memorial to area residents who died in World War I.

Even Leftwing Justice Kagan noted that the cross is a symbol linked with soldiers killed in World War I.

“When you go into a World War I battlefield, there are Stars of David there, but because those battlefields were just rows and rows and rows of crosses, the cross became, in people’s minds, the pre-eminent symbol of how to memorialize World War I dead,” she said, adding that there are no religious words on the Maryland cross and that it sits in an area with other war memorials. She asked, “So why in a case like that can we not say essentially the religious content has been stripped of this monument?”
​

Leftwing Breyer asked a lawyer arguing for the cross’ challengers what she thought about saying that “history counts” and that “We’re not going to have people trying to tear down historical monuments even here.”

“What about the marshal’s cry: “God save the United States and this honorable court.”​

The cross’s defenders include The American Legion, which raised money for the monument, and Maryland officials who took over maintenance of the cross nearly 60 years ago to preserve it and address traffic safety concerns. Maryland officials say the cross, sometimes called the “Peace Cross,” doesn’t violate the Constitution because it has a secular purpose and meaning.

Those defending the cross say a ruling against them could doom of hundreds of war memorials that use crosses to commemorate soldiers who died. Justice Samuel Alito picked up on that concern during arguments, telling American Humanist Association lawyer Monica Miller: “There are cross monuments all over the country, many of them quite old. Do you want them all taken down?”

In 1971 the court announced one test for such cases. It asks whether the government’s action has a secular purpose, advances or inhibits religion or fosters “an excessive government entanglement with religion.” But in the decades since, the court hasn’t followed that test, and several former and current justices have criticized it.

Justice Neil Gorsuch asked if it wasn’t time to get rid of the test, saying it has resulted in a “welter of confusion.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested that lower courts “need some clarity” from the Supreme Court.

Your bigoted small-minded smears of this highly accomplished young woman are vile. You should reconsider, repent of them and issue a public apology to make atonement for your corrupt slander of her reputation.

You are obviously confused so I will explain. Senate Confirms Dangerous Religious Extremist Allison Rushing As Federal Judge. This is the thread title, she wants to overturn existing law because of her religion. I smeared no woman, I smeared the concept of ruling by religion. I like the crosses too, but they do not threaten any law. If you want to repent and apologize, fine, I will not.

 

[Zorro!]

If she does not recognize separation of church and state, she needs to go. More trouble has been caused in the name of religion than any other except money. Look at the trouble we have with the Muslim lite sisters in Congress.

Our First Amendment is fine just the way it is.

You think the Supreme Court has a problem with a 40-foot-tall cross that stands on public land in Maryland? The memorial is a nearly 100-year-old cross that was built in a Washington, D.C., suburb as a memorial to area residents who died in World War I.

Even Leftwing Justice Kagan noted that the cross is a symbol linked with soldiers killed in World War I.

“When you go into a World War I battlefield, there are Stars of David there, but because those battlefields were just rows and rows and rows of crosses, the cross became, in people’s minds, the pre-eminent symbol of how to memorialize World War I dead,” she said, adding that there are no religious words on the Maryland cross and that it sits in an area with other war memorials. She asked, “So why in a case like that can we not say essentially the religious content has been stripped of this monument?”
​

Leftwing Breyer asked a lawyer arguing for the cross’ challengers what she thought about saying that “history counts” and that “We’re not going to have people trying to tear down historical monuments even here.”

“What about the marshal’s cry: “God save the United States and this honorable court.”​

The cross’s defenders include The American Legion, which raised money for the monument, and Maryland officials who took over maintenance of the cross nearly 60 years ago to preserve it and address traffic safety concerns. Maryland officials say the cross, sometimes called the “Peace Cross,” doesn’t violate the Constitution because it has a secular purpose and meaning.

Those defending the cross say a ruling against them could doom of hundreds of war memorials that use crosses to commemorate soldiers who died. Justice Samuel Alito picked up on that concern during arguments, telling American Humanist Association lawyer Monica Miller: “There are cross monuments all over the country, many of them quite old. Do you want them all taken down?”

In 1971 the court announced one test for such cases. It asks whether the government’s action has a secular purpose, advances or inhibits religion or fosters “an excessive government entanglement with religion.” But in the decades since, the court hasn’t followed that test, and several former and current justices have criticized it.

Justice Neil Gorsuch asked if it wasn’t time to get rid of the test, saying it has resulted in a “welter of confusion.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested that lower courts “need some clarity” from the Supreme Court.

Your bigoted small-minded smears of this highly accomplished young woman are vile. You should reconsider, repent of them and issue a public apology to make atonement for your corrupt slander of her reputation.

You are obviously confused so I will explain. Senate Confirms Dangerous Religious Extremist Allison Rushing As Federal Judge. This is the thread title, she wants to overturn existing law because of her religion. I smeared no woman, I smeared the concept of ruling by religion. I like the crosses too, but they do not threaten any law. If you want to repent and apologize, fine, I will not.

You smeared her as a "dangerous religious extremist". Your post is here for all to see. She is a strong woman who disagrees with you and you have responded with quite vicious slander. Apparently women are not supposed to disagree with you and be to serve in Federal Office.

Allison Rushing is highly qualified, respects the rule of law, and exercise the judicial restraint worthy of a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals. Ms. Rushing understands the role of a judge is to interpret the law as written, not legislate from the bench, though, if you would prefer that we confirm activist conservative jurists, we certainly can do so.

You hatefully smeared a strong woman, a native of North Carolina, Rushing excelled at Wake Forest University and at Duke Law School. She clerked for three of the most preeminent federal judges in the country, including then-Judge Neil Gorsuch and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She then joined and subsequently became a partner at Williams & Connolly, recognized as the most selective law firm in the United States. Accolades have followed her throughout her education and career, and justifiably so.

Rushing also has an impressive record of pro-bono legal service. She successfully represented a military veteran seeking education benefits, helped numerous criminal defendants on appeal, and represented the New York City Council Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus in opposing a discriminatory city facility use policy that was ultimately rescinded by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Why the attacks on Rushing, then?

During law school, she did a summer internship with Alliance Defending Freedom which the blackmailing Southern Poverty Law Center has irresponsibly labeled a “hate group.” Of course, this is the same SPLC that recently paid $3.375 million and issued a public apology to settle a threatened defamation lawsuit after it falsely labeled Muslim reformer Maajid Nawaz an anti-Muslim extremist. So unwarranted attacks are not new territory for the SPLC and the haters that support and follow them.

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) gor 25 years has defended constitutionally guaranteed freedoms for Americans from all walks of life who are seeking to live consistent with their conscience. The Washington Post has described ADF as the “legal powerhouse that keeps winning at the Supreme Court,” with nine victories at the court in the past eight years. In fact, according to independent analysis published last fall, ADF emerged as a front-runner at the Supreme Court: the law firm with the highest number of wins in First Amendment cases and the top performing firm overall during the 2013-2017 terms.

Unlike strong women hating scum that seek to keep women compliant, fair-minded individuals from both sides of the aisle have vigorously rejected the SPLC’s characterization of ADF. U.S. Senator James Lankford calls ADF “a national and reputable law firm that works to advocate for the rights of people to peacefully and freely speak, live and work according to their faith and conscience without threat of government punishment.”

Nadine Strossen, the former president of the ACLU, explained, “I consider ADF to be a valuable ally on important issues of common concern, and a worthy adversary (not an ‘enemy’) on important issues of disagreement; what I do not consider it to be, considering the full scope of its work, is a ‘hate group.’”

And what did Rushing actually do during her summer internship with ADF? It was certainly nothing like what the SPLC would have you to believe. She co-authored an academic legal article discussing who had the right to bring a lawsuit in federal court to challenge the constitutionality of a passive display (like a Ten Commandments monument) on public property, a legal question which the Supreme Court is still grappling with even to this today!

It's dangerous scum who seek to banish a credentialed and highly competent woman from public service. For this, Rushing was branded an “ideological extremist.”

Who, in this scenario, are actually the ideological extremists?

 

[Third Party]

If she does not recognize separation of church and state, she needs to go. More trouble has been caused in the name of religion than any other except money. Look at the trouble we have with the Muslim lite sisters in Congress.

Our First Amendment is fine just the way it is.

You think the Supreme Court has a problem with a 40-foot-tall cross that stands on public land in Maryland? The memorial is a nearly 100-year-old cross that was built in a Washington, D.C., suburb as a memorial to area residents who died in World War I.

Even Leftwing Justice Kagan noted that the cross is a symbol linked with soldiers killed in World War I.

“When you go into a World War I battlefield, there are Stars of David there, but because those battlefields were just rows and rows and rows of crosses, the cross became, in people’s minds, the pre-eminent symbol of how to memorialize World War I dead,” she said, adding that there are no religious words on the Maryland cross and that it sits in an area with other war memorials. She asked, “So why in a case like that can we not say essentially the religious content has been stripped of this monument?”
​

Leftwing Breyer asked a lawyer arguing for the cross’ challengers what she thought about saying that “history counts” and that “We’re not going to have people trying to tear down historical monuments even here.”

“What about the marshal’s cry: “God save the United States and this honorable court.”​

The cross’s defenders include The American Legion, which raised money for the monument, and Maryland officials who took over maintenance of the cross nearly 60 years ago to preserve it and address traffic safety concerns. Maryland officials say the cross, sometimes called the “Peace Cross,” doesn’t violate the Constitution because it has a secular purpose and meaning.

Those defending the cross say a ruling against them could doom of hundreds of war memorials that use crosses to commemorate soldiers who died. Justice Samuel Alito picked up on that concern during arguments, telling American Humanist Association lawyer Monica Miller: “There are cross monuments all over the country, many of them quite old. Do you want them all taken down?”

In 1971 the court announced one test for such cases. It asks whether the government’s action has a secular purpose, advances or inhibits religion or fosters “an excessive government entanglement with religion.” But in the decades since, the court hasn’t followed that test, and several former and current justices have criticized it.

Justice Neil Gorsuch asked if it wasn’t time to get rid of the test, saying it has resulted in a “welter of confusion.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested that lower courts “need some clarity” from the Supreme Court.

Your bigoted small-minded smears of this highly accomplished young woman are vile. You should reconsider, repent of them and issue a public apology to make atonement for your corrupt slander of her reputation.

You are obviously confused so I will explain. Senate Confirms Dangerous Religious Extremist Allison Rushing As Federal Judge. This is the thread title, she wants to overturn existing law because of her religion. I smeared no woman, I smeared the concept of ruling by religion. I like the crosses too, but they do not threaten any law. If you want to repent and apologize, fine, I will not.

You smeared her as a "dangerous religious extremist". Your post is here for all to see. She is a strong woman who disagrees with you and you have responded with quite vicious slander. Apparently women are not supposed to disagree with you and be to serve in Federal Office.

Allison Rushing is highly qualified, respects the rule of law, and exercise the judicial restraint worthy of a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals. Ms. Rushing understands the role of a judge is to interpret the law as written, not legislate from the bench, though, if you would prefer that we confirm activist conservative jurists, we certainly can do so.

You hatefully smeared a strong woman, a native of North Carolina, Rushing excelled at Wake Forest University and at Duke Law School. She clerked for three of the most preeminent federal judges in the country, including then-Judge Neil Gorsuch and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She then joined and subsequently became a partner at Williams & Connolly, recognized as the most selective law firm in the United States. Accolades have followed her throughout her education and career, and justifiably so.

Rushing also has an impressive record of pro-bono legal service. She successfully represented a military veteran seeking education benefits, helped numerous criminal defendants on appeal, and represented the New York City Council Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus in opposing a discriminatory city facility use policy that was ultimately rescinded by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Why the attacks on Rushing, then?

During law school, she did a summer internship with Alliance Defending Freedom which the blackmailing Southern Poverty Law Center has irresponsibly labeled a “hate group.” Of course, this is the same SPLC that recently paid $3.375 million and issued a public apology to settle a threatened defamation lawsuit after it falsely labeled Muslim reformer Maajid Nawaz an anti-Muslim extremist. So unwarranted attacks are not new territory for the SPLC and the haters that support and follow them.

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) gor 25 years has defended constitutionally guaranteed freedoms for Americans from all walks of life who are seeking to live consistent with their conscience. The Washington Post has described ADF as the “legal powerhouse that keeps winning at the Supreme Court,” with nine victories at the court in the past eight years. In fact, according to independent analysis published last fall, ADF emerged as a front-runner at the Supreme Court: the law firm with the highest number of wins in First Amendment cases and the top performing firm overall during the 2013-2017 terms.

Unlike strong women hating scum that seek to keep women compliant, fair-minded individuals from both sides of the aisle have vigorously rejected the SPLC’s characterization of ADF. U.S. Senator James Lankford calls ADF “a national and reputable law firm that works to advocate for the rights of people to peacefully and freely speak, live and work according to their faith and conscience without threat of government punishment.”

Nadine Strossen, the former president of the ACLU, explained, “I consider ADF to be a valuable ally on important issues of common concern, and a worthy adversary (not an ‘enemy’) on important issues of disagreement; what I do not consider it to be, considering the full scope of its work, is a ‘hate group.’”

And what did Rushing actually do during her summer internship with ADF? It was certainly nothing like what the SPLC would have you to believe. She co-authored an academic legal article discussing who had the right to bring a lawsuit in federal court to challenge the constitutionality of a passive display (like a Ten Commandments monument) on public property, a legal question which the Supreme Court is still grappling with even to this today!

It's dangerous scum who seek to banish a credentialed and highly competent woman from public service. For this, Rushing was branded an “ideological extremist.”

Who, in this scenario, are actually the ideological extremists?

Frankly, I'm bored with this whole thread and I made my point-with or without the woman. It did give you a mount to deliver your sermon from, right?

 

[Zorro!]

If she does not recognize separation of church and state, she needs to go. More trouble has been caused in the name of religion than any other except money. Look at the trouble we have with the Muslim lite sisters in Congress.

Our First Amendment is fine just the way it is.

You think the Supreme Court has a problem with a 40-foot-tall cross that stands on public land in Maryland? The memorial is a nearly 100-year-old cross that was built in a Washington, D.C., suburb as a memorial to area residents who died in World War I.

Even Leftwing Justice Kagan noted that the cross is a symbol linked with soldiers killed in World War I.

“When you go into a World War I battlefield, there are Stars of David there, but because those battlefields were just rows and rows and rows of crosses, the cross became, in people’s minds, the pre-eminent symbol of how to memorialize World War I dead,” she said, adding that there are no religious words on the Maryland cross and that it sits in an area with other war memorials. She asked, “So why in a case like that can we not say essentially the religious content has been stripped of this monument?”
​

Leftwing Breyer asked a lawyer arguing for the cross’ challengers what she thought about saying that “history counts” and that “We’re not going to have people trying to tear down historical monuments even here.”

“What about the marshal’s cry: “God save the United States and this honorable court.”​

The cross’s defenders include The American Legion, which raised money for the monument, and Maryland officials who took over maintenance of the cross nearly 60 years ago to preserve it and address traffic safety concerns. Maryland officials say the cross, sometimes called the “Peace Cross,” doesn’t violate the Constitution because it has a secular purpose and meaning.

Those defending the cross say a ruling against them could doom of hundreds of war memorials that use crosses to commemorate soldiers who died. Justice Samuel Alito picked up on that concern during arguments, telling American Humanist Association lawyer Monica Miller: “There are cross monuments all over the country, many of them quite old. Do you want them all taken down?”

In 1971 the court announced one test for such cases. It asks whether the government’s action has a secular purpose, advances or inhibits religion or fosters “an excessive government entanglement with religion.” But in the decades since, the court hasn’t followed that test, and several former and current justices have criticized it.

Justice Neil Gorsuch asked if it wasn’t time to get rid of the test, saying it has resulted in a “welter of confusion.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested that lower courts “need some clarity” from the Supreme Court.

Your bigoted small-minded smears of this highly accomplished young woman are vile. You should reconsider, repent of them and issue a public apology to make atonement for your corrupt slander of her reputation.

You are obviously confused so I will explain. Senate Confirms Dangerous Religious Extremist Allison Rushing As Federal Judge. This is the thread title, she wants to overturn existing law because of her religion. I smeared no woman, I smeared the concept of ruling by religion. I like the crosses too, but they do not threaten any law. If you want to repent and apologize, fine, I will not.

You smeared her as a "dangerous religious extremist". Your post is here for all to see. She is a strong woman who disagrees with you and you have responded with quite vicious slander. Apparently women are not supposed to disagree with you and be to serve in Federal Office.

Allison Rushing is highly qualified, respects the rule of law, and exercise the judicial restraint worthy of a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals. Ms. Rushing understands the role of a judge is to interpret the law as written, not legislate from the bench, though, if you would prefer that we confirm activist conservative jurists, we certainly can do so.

You hatefully smeared a strong woman, a native of North Carolina, Rushing excelled at Wake Forest University and at Duke Law School. She clerked for three of the most preeminent federal judges in the country, including then-Judge Neil Gorsuch and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She then joined and subsequently became a partner at Williams & Connolly, recognized as the most selective law firm in the United States. Accolades have followed her throughout her education and career, and justifiably so.

Rushing also has an impressive record of pro-bono legal service. She successfully represented a military veteran seeking education benefits, helped numerous criminal defendants on appeal, and represented the New York City Council Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus in opposing a discriminatory city facility use policy that was ultimately rescinded by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Why the attacks on Rushing, then?

During law school, she did a summer internship with Alliance Defending Freedom which the blackmailing Southern Poverty Law Center has irresponsibly labeled a “hate group.” Of course, this is the same SPLC that recently paid $3.375 million and issued a public apology to settle a threatened defamation lawsuit after it falsely labeled Muslim reformer Maajid Nawaz an anti-Muslim extremist. So unwarranted attacks are not new territory for the SPLC and the haters that support and follow them.

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) gor 25 years has defended constitutionally guaranteed freedoms for Americans from all walks of life who are seeking to live consistent with their conscience. The Washington Post has described ADF as the “legal powerhouse that keeps winning at the Supreme Court,” with nine victories at the court in the past eight years. In fact, according to independent analysis published last fall, ADF emerged as a front-runner at the Supreme Court: the law firm with the highest number of wins in First Amendment cases and the top performing firm overall during the 2013-2017 terms.

Unlike strong women hating scum that seek to keep women compliant, fair-minded individuals from both sides of the aisle have vigorously rejected the SPLC’s characterization of ADF. U.S. Senator James Lankford calls ADF “a national and reputable law firm that works to advocate for the rights of people to peacefully and freely speak, live and work according to their faith and conscience without threat of government punishment.”

Nadine Strossen, the former president of the ACLU, explained, “I consider ADF to be a valuable ally on important issues of common concern, and a worthy adversary (not an ‘enemy’) on important issues of disagreement; what I do not consider it to be, considering the full scope of its work, is a ‘hate group.’”

And what did Rushing actually do during her summer internship with ADF? It was certainly nothing like what the SPLC would have you to believe. She co-authored an academic legal article discussing who had the right to bring a lawsuit in federal court to challenge the constitutionality of a passive display (like a Ten Commandments monument) on public property, a legal question which the Supreme Court is still grappling with even to this today!

It's dangerous scum who seek to banish a credentialed and highly competent woman from public service. For this, Rushing was branded an “ideological extremist.”

Who, in this scenario, are actually the ideological extremists?

Frankly, I'm bored with this whole thread and I made my point-with or without the woman. It did give you a mount to deliver your sermon from, right?

We understand the issues you folks have with Strong Smart Women that hold views that you disagree with, but with Trump, you can no longer bar them from federal office.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

There is something seriously amiss in the Republican Party. It is one thing to appoint Judges who share a political ideology but to unanimously confirm someone who is as extreme as Allison Rushing is a slap in the face of the American people and a step towards tearing up the Constitution.

She does do respect the establishment clause of the first amendment

She wants to re-criminalize homosexuality -something that the vast majority of Americans would be appalled by

This has got to stop before our Constitutional Republic is damaged further . The question that I have is , are these Senators just pandering to what they think the Republican base wants, do they actually believe as she does, or do they just not give a shit?

Senate Confirms Dangerous Religious Extremist Allison Rushing As Federal Judge

More of that Christian theocracy: Allison Rushing, a dangerous religious extremist and former warrior for an anti-LGBT hate group, has been confirmed to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

Rushing was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by the Senate earlier this week on a 53-44 party-line vote, with all present Democrats voting against her, and all present Republicans voting for her.

The confirmation makes Rushing, 37, the youngest federal judge in the country, and also one of the most dangerous.

Yet another example of the right’s contempt for the Constitution, its case law, and the rule of law.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

There is something seriously amiss in the Republican Party. It is one thing to appoint Judges who share a political ideology but to unanimously confirm someone who is as extreme as Allison Rushing is a slap in the face of the American people and a step towards tearing up the Constitution.

She does do respect the establishment clause of the first amendment

She wants to re-criminalize homosexuality -something that the vast majority of Americans would be appalled by

This has got to stop before our Constitutional Republic is damaged further . The question that I have is , are these Senators just pandering to what they think the Republican base wants, do they actually believe as she does, or do they just not give a shit?

Senate Confirms Dangerous Religious Extremist Allison Rushing As Federal Judge

More of that Christian theocracy: Allison Rushing, a dangerous religious extremist and former warrior for an anti-LGBT hate group, has been confirmed to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

Rushing was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by the Senate earlier this week on a 53-44 party-line vote, with all present Democrats voting against her, and all present Republicans voting for her.

The confirmation makes Rushing, 37, the youngest federal judge in the country, and also one of the most dangerous.

Hysterical OP quoting Rdeans blog.

All I heard was "durka durka jihad, if she were in the ME we'd kill her for bring Christian"

 

[Oddball]

There is something seriously amiss in the Republican Party. It is one thing to appoint Judges who share a political ideology but to unanimously confirm someone who is as extreme as Allison Rushing is a slap in the face of the American people and a step towards tearing up the Constitution.

She does do respect the establishment clause of the first amendment

She wants to re-criminalize homosexuality -something that the vast majority of Americans would be appalled by

This has got to stop before our Constitutional Republic is damaged further . The question that I have is , are these Senators just pandering to what they think the Republican base wants, do they actually believe as she does, or do they just not give a shit?

Senate Confirms Dangerous Religious Extremist Allison Rushing As Federal Judge

More of that Christian theocracy: Allison Rushing, a dangerous religious extremist and former warrior for an anti-LGBT hate group, has been confirmed to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

Rushing was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by the Senate earlier this week on a 53-44 party-line vote, with all present Democrats voting against her, and all present Republicans voting for her.

The confirmation makes Rushing, 37, the youngest federal judge in the country, and also one of the most dangerous.

Why are you worried about freedom of religion? Everyone has it in America. Americans who believe the Bible don't necessarily impose their beliefs on everyone else. We do, however, reserve the right to have a gut reaction or even say "Eeeeeeeeeewwwww!" out loud if something we don't like flaunts itself in our face..

What are you blathering about.? Yes, everyone has freedom of religion. But some, like Rushing, wield religion as a weapon in an attempt to impose their religious values on others and to use government to do so. That erodes my freedom to reject religion which is the flip side of freedom to practice religion and just as important.

You don't reject religion....Your God is The State.

 

[HenryBHough]

How dare they approve a CHRISTIAN!

Were there no Muslims willing to migrate to (the former) America to take the job?

 

[bodecea]

There is something seriously amiss in the Republican Party. It is one thing to appoint Judges who share a political ideology but to unanimously confirm someone who is as extreme as Allison Rushing is a slap in the face of the American people and a step towards tearing up the Constitution.

She does do respect the establishment clause of the first amendment

She wants to re-criminalize homosexuality -something that the vast majority of Americans would be appalled by

This has got to stop before our Constitutional Republic is damaged further . The question that I have is , are these Senators just pandering to what they think the Republican base wants, do they actually believe as she does, or do they just not give a shit?

Senate Confirms Dangerous Religious Extremist Allison Rushing As Federal Judge

More of that Christian theocracy: Allison Rushing, a dangerous religious extremist and former warrior for an anti-LGBT hate group, has been confirmed to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

Rushing was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by the Senate earlier this week on a 53-44 party-line vote, with all present Democrats voting against her, and all present Republicans voting for her.

The confirmation makes Rushing, 37, the youngest federal judge in the country, and also one of the most dangerous.

Yes, we know that you and those of your kind see anyone who stands for basic decency, sanity, and common sense as a “Dangerous Religious Extremist”. Even when religion has nothing whatsoever to do with it.

Your kind wants to see dangerous, child-grooming sexual perverts put into positions of power and authority; and are terrified of any decent, people in such positions.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

Supporters of christian sharia.

 

[bodecea]

You dodged my question.

I didn't mean to, No, I don't think it should be criminilized unless of course it is forced on someone like other rapes.

No, my question is regarding the job es beliefs and statements. The ones you refused to consider as accurate, due to the source.

Do you think she expressed those ideas?

I'm not sure. Haven't been following it.

And you don't care either. It's okay to be honest. But some people whose lives would be personally impacted by the things she suggest care very much, as do many others. . I think that expressing such an idea disqualifies her fmro being a judge.

Thank you for allowing me to be honest. It would be terrible for her to impose her biases in Federal Court decisions, just as it is terrible for the Judges in the 9th Circuit court to impose their biases in decisions. Bahzing!

What about the 9th Circuit?

 

[bodecea]

There is something seriously amiss in the Republican Party. It is one thing to appoint Judges who share a political ideology but to unanimously confirm someone who is as extreme as Allison Rushing is a slap in the face of the American people and a step towards tearing up the Constitution.

She does do respect the establishment clause of the first amendment

She wants to re-criminalize homosexuality -something that the vast majority of Americans would be appalled by

This has got to stop before our Constitutional Republic is damaged further . The question that I have is , are these Senators just pandering to what they think the Republican base wants, do they actually believe as she does, or do they just not give a shit?

Senate Confirms Dangerous Religious Extremist Allison Rushing As Federal Judge

More of that Christian theocracy: Allison Rushing, a dangerous religious extremist and former warrior for an anti-LGBT hate group, has been confirmed to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

Rushing was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by the Senate earlier this week on a 53-44 party-line vote, with all present Democrats voting against her, and all present Republicans voting for her.

The confirmation makes Rushing, 37, the youngest federal judge in the country, and also one of the most dangerous.

Why are you worried about freedom of religion? Everyone has it in America. Americans who believe the Bible don't necessarily impose their beliefs on everyone else. We do, however, reserve the right to have a gut reaction or even say "Eeeeeeeeeewwwww!" out loud if something we don't like flaunts itself in our face..

Does freedom of religion mean forcing our nation's laws to cater to your religion?