DeLay complains of "foreign law" What about foreign power-the Vatican?

[DesEtoiles]

One of his judge-hating talking points is that judges have "relied on foreign law", yet DeLay seems all too willing to cede American soverignity to a foreign power - the Vatican - a political entity with its own agenda very different on many points from the U.S.'s.

[Erika]

1. DeLay is screwed up

He's like a bobble-head in a tornado wondering which way to blow.

[stopbush]

2. Article VI:

Article VI

All debts contracted and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.


This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.


The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

[gumby]

3. Excellent point!

It's all about religiosity, isn't it? DeLay has long operated on his "worldview" because he claimed it had divine sanction.

He, like the other right-wing wack-nuts have long ago learned to cloak their narcissism in religion. If you attack Tom DeLay, then you are anti-Christian and anti-religion. Has there ever been a bigger scam than that?

[kodi]

4. its reference is to justice kennedy's using "evolving world standards"

on refusing to support state sanctioned execution of teenagers.

[imenja]

5. Feel a need to revive 1950s-era prejudices?

This is an old scare tactic in American politics. It nearly kept JKF from being elected president. You should be ashamed of feeding into right-wing protestant propaganda. The Klan was big on this issue as well.

[imenja]

6. info on anti-Catholic nativism

I'm sure you're not aware of the the historical meaning the point you raise above evokes, so I'm providing a link here that gives you some info on anti-Catholic nativism in the US. One common argument was that Catholics were "papists," more beholden to the power of the papacy than to the American government. As a result, Catholics were unfit to be part of American society and certainly could not be trusted to hold political office. That is why the first Catholic president was only elected in 1960 and even then, cries of papism emerged during the campaign.

Anti-Catholic prejudice emerged in conjunction with nativism more generally, because it was directed against new immigrations--the Irish, who were also Catholics.


http://post.queensu.ca/~smithgs/275nativism.html

The KKK revived these ideas in the 1920s, when they expanded their terror beyond African-Americans to include Catholics and Jews. It was sometime during that era when my grandmother had a cross burned on her farm, to make clear that her family was not welcome in this country.