A lot of judges in America are like the unjust judge of scripture who rules capriciously and only give the widow justice because he's afraid she will finally do something to injure him. So it's refreshing when you find a judge who believes in the rule of law and recognizes the danger to a country when the law is abused. If you aren't familiar with Judge Andrew Napolitano read this interview with him. Not only will you find out quite a lot about this good and decent man, but you'll also learn a lot about how our out-of-control law enforcement uses immoral means to trap and convict people. Is it any wonder that pro-lifers find themselves arrested for standing on public sidewalks and then the officers leaf through the statutes looking for something to pin on them?
And speaking of pro-lifers, here's what the judge says about abortion.
Reason: You said abortion is murder. Should it be regulated by the state or should it be prohibited by the state?
Napolitano: Absolutely it should be prohibited, just the way all unjust killings are prohibited.
Reason: Should doctors go to prison as murderers?
Napolitano: Yes.
Reason: First-degree murder?
Napolitano: Yes.
Reason: Should they get the death penalty--
Napolitano: I don't believe that the state has the moral authority to execute, so I don't believe in the death penalty.
Reason: But you do think that doctors who perform abortions should be put in jail as murderers? Every bit as much as Scott Peterson?
Napolitano: Yes. By a state government, not by the federal government, because the Constitution doesn't authorize the federal government to prosecute murderers. Roe v. Wade is wrong because there's isn't a scintilla in the Constitution or its history to justify federal legislation on abortion. It would then be up to the state of Kansas to allow it and Pennsylvania not to allow it.
While I disagree with the judge that any state has the moral authority to allow abortion, if Roe v. Wade had not passed abortion would probably be outlawed today. States that had permitted it were recriminalizing it when Roe came down.
Wouldn't you love to see this man on the Supreme Court? Sure won't happen on Obama's watch. But keep praying -- you never know what prayer can bring about.
There is a difference between saying that abortion belongs, constitutionally, to the states and saying that, the states have the right to decide if abortion is wrong.
ReplyDeleteCompare to the Church herself. Cardinal Arinze, on the question of pro-abortion politicians, famously asked, "Doesn't America have bishops?" It's up to the local bishop to discipline members of his flock who engage in public scandal. It's the job of the bishop, not the Pope.
That doesn't mean the bishop has the right to say, "I'm not going to do it."
Thanks for the clarification on the judge's abortion statement. Good point.
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