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Alito confirmation ‘giant step toward restoring the constitutional balance of powers’
Dr. Richard Land, president of The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, praised the Senate’s confirmation of Justice Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. more »
Jan 31, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Church and State, Legislation, National, Social Issues
Senate defeats filibuster attempt, 72-25, setting up Tuesday confirmation vote
WASHINGTON (BP)—U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito cleared his final hurdle Monday before confirmation by the Senate.
With 19 Democrats joining 53 Republicans, the Senate voted 72-25 to end debate on President Bush’s nominee to the high court and move to a confirmation vote, which is scheduled for Tuesday at 11 a.m. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 30, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, National
Alito receives high marks from pro-lifers, conservatives
WASHINGTON (BP)—Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito received highly favorable reviews from pro-life and conservative observers after his four-day appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 13, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, National
Bush puts pro-life woman in State post
President Bush recently overcame opposition to a pro-life nominee by using his authority to make appointments during a congressional recess. Bush named Ellen Sauerbrey to a State Department post after her confirmation was delayed in the Senate. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 13, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
Senate vote on high court nominee Alito near
The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito Jan. 24, with floor debate expected to begin shortly thereafter, and ERLC President Richard Land is anxious to see the current Third Circuit Court of Appeals judge Alito seated on the nation’s highest bench. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 13, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, National
Alito refuses to call legalized abortion ‘settled law’
WASHINGTON (BP)—Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito on Wednesday refused to affirm unequivocally Roe v. Wade as the “settled law of the land,” despite efforts to pin him down on the 1973 opinion legalizing abortion on the second day of questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 11, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
Land: Abortion, Schaeffer drove evangelical involvement
ERLC President Richard Land said at a recent conference at Princeton University that abortion, as well as the influence of the late theologian and author Francis Schaeffer, helped drive evangelicals and others into the political process and establish them as an important part of the American conservative coalition. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, National
High court appears to side with pro-life protesters
The Supreme Court appeared prepared Nov. 30 to settle once and for all in favor of pro-life demonstrators a case it thought it had disposed of two years ago. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
Justices consider parental notification case
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Nov. 30 on whether a lack of a health exception is enough to gut a state law that requires parental notification for an underage girl’s abortion. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2005
Topic: Family, Parenting, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
Criticism continues as Alito hearings near
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito will finally get his hearing in the Senate beginning Jan. 9. Meanwhile, abortion rights advocates and other liberals continue to criticize or question Alito, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says he will use a controversial strategy, if necessary, to end a filibuster. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National