Want to know how far Mitt Romney is willing to go in order to kowtow to the extreme right? Just look at two of the guys who would advise a President Romney on whom to pick for the Supreme Court--Robert Bork and Jay Sekulow.
Bork has been co-chairman of Romney's advisory committee on the judiciary since August. His retrograde views on civil rights need no elaboration for most of us, so I'll simply direct you to an excellent report People for the American Way put together on Bork's sordid history called "Borking America." I will say, though, that it says a lot about Romney that he's taking advice from a guy who thinks desegregation by law is "unsurpassed ugliness," opposes the right to privacy and supports the death penalty for juveniles.
While Bork is the known quantity, most people don't know about Sekulow's role. However, Sekulow's involvement in the Romney campaign was apparently enough to sway David Barton. On yesterday's episode of Wallbuilders Live, Barton said that he's supporting Romney because Sekulow will all but assure a President Romney will appoint more Samuel Alito clones to the Court. PFAW has the audio. Never mind that there is documented proof Sekulow uses his American Center for Law and Justice as his own piggybank.
So let's see if we've got this right. Romney is taking advice on prospective justices from one of the most reactionary jurists of modern times, and a guy who is guilty at the very least of inurement. Yep--more proof that Mittens will do anything and say anything to get elected--and spare no expense in doing so.
SOURCE http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/25/1086232/-Robert-Bork-and-Jay-Sekulow-are-advising-Romney-on-SCOTUS-picks
Bork has been co-chairman of Romney's advisory committee on the judiciary since August. His retrograde views on civil rights need no elaboration for most of us, so I'll simply direct you to an excellent report People for the American Way put together on Bork's sordid history called "Borking America." I will say, though, that it says a lot about Romney that he's taking advice from a guy who thinks desegregation by law is "unsurpassed ugliness," opposes the right to privacy and supports the death penalty for juveniles.
While Bork is the known quantity, most people don't know about Sekulow's role. However, Sekulow's involvement in the Romney campaign was apparently enough to sway David Barton. On yesterday's episode of Wallbuilders Live, Barton said that he's supporting Romney because Sekulow will all but assure a President Romney will appoint more Samuel Alito clones to the Court. PFAW has the audio. Never mind that there is documented proof Sekulow uses his American Center for Law and Justice as his own piggybank.
So let's see if we've got this right. Romney is taking advice on prospective justices from one of the most reactionary jurists of modern times, and a guy who is guilty at the very least of inurement. Yep--more proof that Mittens will do anything and say anything to get elected--and spare no expense in doing so.
SOURCE http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/25/1086232/-Robert-Bork-and-Jay-Sekulow-are-advising-Romney-on-SCOTUS-picks
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