Washington (CNSNews.com) – The Obama administration hopes to see its judicial nominees confirmed to their posts during the lame duck session of Congress to be held after the November mid-term elections, before the new Congress convenes in January 2011, according to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
You can read the rest of the CNS story by going to the link below.
Why is this story important?
Here’s a portion of an article by Mario Diaz, on the Concerned Women for America website:
Robert Chatigny, President Obama’s nominee to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, is still expecting a vote in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
Chatigny is the infamous judge who abused his position as a judge to advocate for serial rapist and murderer Michael Ross, a.k.a. the “Roadside Strangler.” Chatingy’s actions in that case were so egregious that state prosecutors filed ethics complaint against him.
The Roadside Strangler was convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering six Connecticut young women ages 15-25. He actually admits to killing two more for a total of eight and said that he liked strangling his victims because “there is more of a connection, it’s more real, and it’s not as quick.”
Yet Judge Chatigny advocated so strongly for this serial rapist and murderer that he actually told prosecutors the Roadside Strangler was the “least culpable person on death row” and that he “never should have been convicted.” His reasoning was that “sexual sadism” was “clearly a mitigating factor.” To that point Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) asked him at the hearings, “Can you site any authority in which sexual sadism has been defined as a mitigating factor?” Chatigny, of course, could not.
The Roadside Strangler himself did not want to appeal his conviction and when his attorney tried to follow his client’s wishes, Chatigny went so far as to threaten him with his law license. Again, Sen. Sessions asked him about this at the hearings and Chatigny himself agreed that this was totally inappropriate for him to do.
One of the prosecutors involved in the case wrote a powerful letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee with a detailed account of the events and concluded with the following:
Judge Chatigny’s actions while presiding over the habeas corpus petition and the §1983 action constituted judicial misconduct for four reasons. First, Judge Chatigny completely abandoned the role of neutral and detached magistrate and instead became an advocate for the position held by the parties who were seeking to stop the execution of Michael Ross. Second, Judge Chatigny’s attempt to direct the manner in which Attorney Paulding advised his client constituted blatant interference with Michael Ross’s constitutional right to representation by counsel of his choice. Third, after having been reversed by higher courts, Judge Chatigny chose to defy those rulings and effectively overturn them through the use of threats and intimidation. Finally, Judge Chatigny’s failure to disqualify himself from a case in which he had participated as an attorney, or at least notify the parties of his prior participation, violated the requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 455(b). These actions certainly call into questions Judge Chatigny’s fitness to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
I am aware of the delay tactics that concerned Senators used to hold up the confirmation of Judge Chatigny. However, I’m pretty sure that this has worked out well for those who may have voted to confirm him. How many senators would have voted to confirm the unfit judge before the upcoming elections?
One wonders if those who would have supported Mr. Obama’s nominee didn’t allow things to happen this way. It’s fair to assume any vote in favor of Judge Chatigny would have been used against any politician by opponents in elections starting tomorrow (early voting).
How is it possible that Mr. Obama could nominate a judge with this man’s record?
How is it that this judge was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee?
The only answer to these two questions is that our president and the majority of the members on the Senate Judiciary Committee are out of touch with the American people.
If I am wrong on this, if the majority of the American people knew this judge’s history and agreed with Mr. Obama on his nomination, then it will be a short time until the U.S. fails.
I don’t think a huge part of the American public knows stories like one this because the mainstream media has a godless worldview.
Jesus told a story about a woman who wanted something so she continually knocked on the judge’s door. He finally had to answer the door and answer the woman.
I hope there are still enough people left in this country knocking on the Judge’s door.
Chris Reimers
CNS News complete article:
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/76102
Concerned Women of America complete article:
http://www.cwfa.org/content.asp?id=19473
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U.S IMMIGRATION AND POVERTY IN PERSPECTIVE
November 14, 2010J.B. sent this to me calling it “very provocative and thought provoking.” I could not agree more.
It is always a good thing to put any subject in perspective. One may make a number of conclusions from this short video on a subject that has been in so many of our headlines lately.
Even if you disagree with the comment following, I hope you watch this video and come to your own conclusion.
Immigration, Poverty, and Gumballs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE
Roy Beck has made some interesting conclusions with his bottles of gumballs. He definitely gives the issue perspective. He seems to be making the claim that we should stop immigration altogether. If this is the case, I disagree strongly. I do agree with the basic general argument that for any change to come to a country, it has to be from within.
In my perfect world, God’s Word would be given the most important place in our lives. Christian prayer would not have been removed from the public square in the U.S., nor the Ten Commandments from the walls of our public institutions.
Roy shows the number of immigrants allowed into our country legally each year. The number is roughly equal to the number of annual U.S. abortions. Imagine if, in the last 50 years, America had chosen to be more concerned about the words of Jesus to “Go into all of the world.” Imagine if we had sent the number of missionaries abroad each year equaling the number of aborted children since 1973. These missionaries would have been equipped with many of our modern technologies and a goal of helping those living in poverty to have the tools to make their lives better.
If we had chosen the above route, we would be nearing 40,000,000 missionaries in hundreds of different countries throughout the world. Imagine how much better those lives, and ours, would be. Our population would be no different than it is now.
Imagine.
Instead of the above possibility, we now find ourselves facing a possible financial crisis. Could it be because we have generally forgotten God and have become greedy and self-absorbed that we find ourselves in our current position?
Immigration, abortion, and the “black horse” of Revelation in the same post?
Yep.
The following article discusses food and dollar inflation. It is an interesting look at where we are from a prophetic viewpoint.
Behold the Black Horse:
http://www.bibleprophecyblog.com/2010/11/behold-black-horse.html
Here’s part of the post:
“The median household income in the U.S. was $11,800 in 1975 and today is $49,777. If you go by the government’s CPI, $11,800 in 1975 dollars equals $47,208 in today’s dollars. That would seem to indicate that Americans are earning slightly higher real incomes today than 35 years ago. However, the truth is, once you discount the effects of geometric weighting, the median household income in 1975 of $11,800 actually equals $154,000 in today’s dollars. This explains how in 1975, a father was able to support a family on just one income and college students were able to afford their own tuition with just a summer job. Today, in many cases both parents need to work to support their family, and students need to go deeply into debt to fund their education.”
There is a natural and spiritual law that says “You reap what you sow.” Fortunately, the message in the Christian faith is that there is always hope.
Jesus told a story about a young man who foolishly asked for his inheritance before he had the wisdom to know what to do with it. It’s not a pretty story. The young man squanders all that he has been given.
Eventually, he returned to his father and said: “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.”
The story that Jesus told has a happy ending. The Father restores his son and once again the son has hope. This is a theme found throughout the Bible.
It is never too late to ask God to forgive us for our selfish ways and to help others.
Chris Reimers
You can find the story of the prodigal son here:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+15&version=NASB
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