6 Craziest Right-Wing Judges in America

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http://www.alternet.org/6-craziest-right-wing-judges-america



1. Roy Moore: Where to begin with Roy Moore? Arguably the most infamous right-wing jurist in the country, former and current Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore came into prominence during his fight over the Ten Commandments monument he wanted to display in the state Supreme Court.

2. Tom Parker: Alabama judge and Moore protégé Tom Parker has spent the last few years giving Moore a run for his money by, among other things, comparing the judge who overturned Don’t Ask Don’t Tell to Al-Qaeda. “Most people believe that Al-Qaeda is one of America’s biggest security threats,” Parker said in a campaign ad. “I think it’s time to add liberal activist judges like Judge Phillips to that list.”

3. Priscilla Owen: Priscilla Owen fulfilled all manner of conservative dreams when she and two other female justices reversed a lower court’s ruling and upheld a Texas law that shuttered a third of its abortion clinics.

4. Janice Rodgers Brown: California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rodgers Brown was the only dissenting vote when the California judiciary upheld a proto-ACA-style mandate on employer-provided insurance. That turned out to be Brown’s rehearsal: nine years later she was one of the two deciding votes on the DC Circuit to rule that business owners could opt out of contraception provisions based on religious objections, an early run for the Hobby Lobby case which enshrined that into law. (Brown’s decision came just days after Owen’s.)

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1. Priscilla Owen is a dangerous lady

I hated it when the GOP forced her confirmation