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The '''''Judeo-Christian Council for Constitutional Restoration''''' iswas a conservative, religious organization formed in early 2005 that runsran the website [http://www.StopActivistJudges.org StopActivistJudges.org.] By [[RickFebruary Scarborough]] is currently the acting chair of the group. In April [[2005]]28, Scarborough was quoted as saying that his group was needed because of2013, "[[judicial activism|Activist judges]]...(whose) distortions of the Constitution___domain havehad broughtexpired usand [[abortion|abortion-on-demand]],been purgedacquired [[religious symbol]]s from public places, made our schools faith-free zones, createdby a so-called___domain rightparking to homosexual [[sodomy]] and threatened '[[one nation under God]]' in the [[pledge of allegiance]]. Now, judges seem intent on imposing [[same-sex marriage]] by fiat."[http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetReleasecompany.asp?id=45424]

The council descended from the [[Dallas Group]]. [[Rick Scarborough]] took the chairman position. The council's executive director was [[Philip Jauregui]], former counsel to Chief Justice [[Roy Moore]]. In April 2005, Scarborough was quoted as saying that his group was needed because of, "[[judicial activism|Activist judges]]...(whose) distortions of the Constitution have brought us [[abortion|abortion-on-demand]], purged [[religious symbol]]s from public places, made our schools faith-free zones, created a so-called right to homosexual [[sodomy]] and threatened '[[one nation under God]]' in the [[Pledge of Allegiance|pledge of allegiance]]. Now, judges seem intent on imposing [[same-sex marriage]] by fiat."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=45424|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050413053351/http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=45424|archive-date=April 13, 2005|date=April 6, 2005|url-status=dead|title=Confronting the Judicial War on Faith; Conference Will Convene Tomorrow in Washington D.C.}}</ref> According to the group's website, "Each progressive step down the road to the secularization of America has come not through a referendum of the people, or an act of their elected representatives, but rather at the stroke of a judge’s pen."<ref name=stopactjud>[http://www.stopactivistjudges.org StopActivistJudges.org web site] URL accessed 05/11/2006</ref>

The group's conference, ''Confronting The Judicial War On Faith'', which convened shortly after the group was formed,[http://stopactivistjudges.org/media/newser.asp] attracted many prominent conservatives. According to the [[Washington Post]], "The two-day program listed two House members; aides to two senators; representatives from the [[Family Research Council]] and [[Concerned Women for America]]; conservative activists [[Alan Keyes]] and [[Morton C. Blackwell]]; the lawyer for [[Terri Schiavo]]'s parents; [[Alabama]]'s "[[Ten Commandments]]" judge, [[Roy Moore]]; and (Sen. Tom) DeLay, who canceled to attend the pope's funeral."[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38308-2005Apr8.html]

==''Confronting The Judicial War On Faith''==

==Justice Kennedy==

The group's April 2005 conference, ''Confronting The Judicial War On Faith'', which convened shortly after the group was formed,[http://stopactivistjudges.org/media/newser.asp] attracted many prominent conservatives. According to the ''[[Washington Post]]'', "The two-day program listed two House members; aides to two senators; representatives from the [[Family Research Council]] and [[Concerned Women for America]]; conservative activists [[Alan Keyes]] and [[Morton C. Blackwell]]; the lawyer for [[Terri Schiavo]]'s parents; [[Alabama]]'s "[[Ten Commandments]]" judge, [[Roy Moore]]; and (Sen[[Tom DeLay|[Rep. Tom)] DeLay]], who canceled to attend the pope's funeral."<ref name=washpostconf>Milbank, Dana [httphttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38308-2005Apr8.html "And the Verdict on Justice Kennedy Is: Guilty"] ''Washington Post'' April 9, 2005; Page A03 URL accessed 05/12/2006</ref> The event brought together lawmakers and [[Capitol Hill]] staffers with theocrats, adherents of [[Christian Reconstructionism]], a [[Calvinist]] doctrine that calls for the biblical law to rule American law.<ref name=salontrust>{{cite news|first=Michelle|last=Goldberg |title=In theocracy they trust|date=April 11, 2005|publisher=Salon Media Group, Inc.|url=https://www.salon.com/2005/04/11/judicial_conference/}}</ref>

The conference included an [[April 8]], [[2005]] meeting on "Remedies to Judicial Tyranny" that focused on justifying [[impeachment]] of [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[Anthony Kennedy]]:

In a session titled "Remedies to Judicial Tyranny," constitutional lawyer [[Edwin Vieira]] discussed [[United States Supreme Court]] justice Anthony Kennedy's majority opinion in ''[[Lawrence v. Texas]]'', which struck down that state's anti-sodomy law. Kennedy was accused of relying on "Marxist, Leninist, Satanic principles drawn from foreign law" in his jurisprudence.<ref name=salontrust/>

[[Home School Legal Defense Association]] chair [[Michael P. Farris]] said Kennedy, "...should be the poster boy for impeachment," because he cited international norms in his opinions. He continued, "If our congressmen and senators do not have the courage to impeach and remove from office Justice Kennedy, they ought to be impeached as well."

According to the group's website, "April 7–8 proved to be a divine appointment. There was no way of knowing, humanly speaking, how significant that time would be in the life of our Republic"; Schiavo had died and "the federal judiciary, up to and including the United States Supreme Court, also turned a deaf ear to repeated pleas to save Terri." The group claims that the conference was responsible for creating "a movement... to restore the Constitution to its true meaning and original glory."

Author and lawyer, [[Edwin Vieira]] also supported impeachment for Kennedy. According to him, Justice Kennedy's opinion in [[Lawrence v. Texas]], "upholds [[Marxist]], [[Leninist]], [[satanic]] principles drawn from foreign law." He continued with quotation from [[Joseph Stalin]], "He (Stalin) had a slogan, and it worked very well for him, whenever he ran into difficulty: 'no man, no problem.'" Stalin originally preceded "no man, no problem" with "Death solves all problems," leading to criticism from many, who see Vieira's comments as part of a disturbing trend of threats against judges by conservatives. This includes speculation by [[John Cornyn]] about about the connection between activist decisions and violence against judges and by [[Tom DeLay|Senate Majority Leader Tom DeLay]] about bringing the judges responsible for [[Terri Schiavo]]'s death to justice. [[Phyllis Schlafly]] approved of these comments, however, noting that "...[the] people who have been speaking out on this, like Tom DeLay and Senator Cornyn, need to be backed up."[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38308-2005Apr8.html]

==Books==

[[Category: Politics]]

*''Judicial Tyranny: The New Kings of America?'' by Mark Sutherland 2005. {{ISBN|0-9753455-6-7}} Features conservative perspectives on the United States judicial system from Mark Sutherland, US Attorney General Ed Meese, Ambassador Alan Keyes, Dave Meyer, Phyllis Schlafly, the Honorable Howard Phillips, Alan Sears, William Federer, Ben DuPre, Rev. Rick Scarborough, David Gibbs, Mathew Staver, Don Feder, Roy Moore, James Dobson and Herb Titus.

[[Category:LGBT rights opposition]]

==References==

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