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Newly-minted Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito should explain
disturbing remarks made in a personal letter to evangelical preacher
James Dobson, an Atheist civil rights watch-dog group said today.

The Alito note thanked Dobson, head of the Christian group Focus on the
Family for help in mobilizing support for his nomination to the high
court. Justice Alito gushed, "the prayers of so many people from around
the country were a palpable and powerful force," and added: "As long as
I serve on the Supreme Court, I will keep in mind the trust that has
been placed in me."

"We are very concerned that a Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court is going
out of his way to thank the leadership of a group that considers it a
godly duty to gut the First Amendment separation of church and state and
roll back decades of social progress on issues like civil liberties,"
said Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists. "The justices of
the Supreme Court need to consider the Constitution and Bill of Rights
when deciding cases. We need to know exactly what Justice Alito means
when he says he will 'keep in the mind the trust' of extremist
evangelical groups headed by politicized preachers like James Dobson."
Dave Silverman, Communications Director for American Atheists, said that
the Alito letter is more than just a casual "thank you" note to a
supporter.

"Justice Alito seems to be going out of his way to assure Dobson that he
will be thinking of the Focus 'agenda' as part of his judicial role."

"Is the Dobson court now in session?" Silverman asked.

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Yikes!

but not surprising...

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Not surprising in the least. There's new info out about vote shenanigans in Ohio to the tune of ~100,000 > the number of votes Bush won by.

[Dreaming now] So if the Bush Cheney team are found to have really lost the race, does that mean the Alito and Roberts appointments would be voided? And decisions the two were in on deciding voided? It could be quite the mess, couldn't it? [/dreaming now]

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