Mier's religious views

[Mark Rahdert]

Suppose Miers didn't say what Rick Duncan suggests.  Suppose that she 
acknowledged that on close questions, at least, she would be guided in her 
decisions by her religious beliefs.  Would this be an appropriate ground 
for opposing her confirmation, or would doing so constitute an 
inappropriate form of religious discrimination?

Mark Rahdert

  At 10:31 AM 10/5/2005, Rick Duncan wrote:
>Of course, Mark is correct in reminding us that everyone's religious faith 
>(or lack of faith) infuses one's understanding of the world and of the 
>good life. But many conservative evangelicals (no less than Catholics or 
>Jews or secularists) can truthfully assert that their job as a Justice is 
>to interpret the Constitution, and that their faith is irrelevant to the 
>meaning of the text of the Constitution. She should say that she will be 
>faithful to the Constitution, and that her religious faith is relevant 
>only insofar as it instructs her to be faithful to her oath of office.
>
>Rick Duncan
>
>



Mark C. Rahdert
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