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"Yet, in Wednesday's 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to deny a rehearing to Schiavo's parents, Birch went out of his way to castigate Bush and congressional Republicans for acting "in a manner demonstrably at odds with our Founding Fathers' blueprint for governance of a free people - our Constitution."
Birch said he couldn't countenance Congress' attempt to "rob" federal courts of the discretion they're given in the Constitution. Noting that it had become popular among "some members of society, including some members of Congress," to denounce "activist judges," or those who substitute their personal opinions for constitutional imperatives, Birch said lawmakers embarked on their own form of unconstitutional activism."

We could truly use more voices like this in the political discourse today. Never thought a liberal would utter those words, right?

But it should be said that today's Republican party bears no resemblance to it's old self. It has been hijacked by social conservatives of the Christian Right and this group does not view the Constitution as the ultimate law of the land, it views the Bible as such. And this should put it at odds with every small government, libertarian leaning, tax cutting, states rights, true blue conservative Republican out there. But this isn't the case because this group is the lifeblood and fundraising force in the GOP now and they aren't ceding control anytime soon.

Judge Birch not only is a jurist in the "Scalia/Thomas" vein, but he has issued rulings that are socially conservative in nature, especially when it comes to sexual rights. But he is justifiably outraged that his party is disregarding the Constitution to further their political agenda.

But, my favorite part of this is that he speaks out against this new tactic among the Right to trash "activist judges", which means any judge that issues an opinion they don't agree with. Well, Birch is anything but an activist judge, and one ruling does not an activist judge make. The majority of judges that the Christian right (and Ann Coulter) tag as activist are Republican appointees. Ironic isn't it? Just goes to further display just how far the Republican party has strayed from its core principles in exchange for this sectarian agenda it pursues. I hereby encourage a call to action among real conservatives to take back their party. I enjoyed opposing you guys much more than these "vales and morals" voters. At least you guys respected the Consitution and played by the rules. But there common ground here. This constitutional crisis that the Christian right is hellbent on taking us to can and should be avoided, but you must speak out.