Christian Group Call For Anti-ACLU Court Appointee

Despite President Bush's request that conservative groups moderate their rhetoric on Supreme Court nominees, it is clear that some religious groups are not heeding his plea. Today a press release was issued by Christians Reviving America's Values calling on the President to appoint a conservative Justice "to counter Bill Clinton's appointment of former ACLU General Counsel Ruth Bader Ginsburg." It also called for Congressional hearings "to expose the ACLU's use of taxpayer money to fund its extremist agenda, and pass legislation to stop this practice," pointing to awards of attorney fees to the ACLU in suits in which it prevailed against city or state governments. The release also said: "President Bush has been elected twice -- with the deciding votes by all accounts being cast by conservative Christians. It is imperative that he appoint a counterbalance to the pro-ACLU Ruth Bader Ginsburg."