9 More Reasons to Vote for Fred

With the possibility of another SCOTUS opening being a reality within a few years, the next POTUS to occupy the White House will certainly have an important roll in shaping the future of our federal judicial branch of government. As some of the most important social issues in our country's history make their way to the steps of the Supreme Court, we will need at least one more strict constructionist judiciary in place in order to prevent liberal/globalist decisions from destroying our Constitution.

I just so happens that two of these Supreme Court Justices, responsible for many of the most liberal SCOTUS decisions, are also the two oldest. John Paul Stevens, the eldest of the nine at 87, was appointed by Jimmy Carter in 1975 and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, second eldest at 74 and former General Council of the ACLU, was appointed by B.J. Clinton in 1993.

With Fred Thompson now having officially thrown his hat in the ring as a Presidential contender, his stance on the sensitive nature of our Constitution therefor becomes a priority issue. IMO, Fred believes deeply in the sanctity of our Constitution and knows that the only way of protecting it is to appoint strict constructionist judges to federal court positions.

From NewsMax:
Thompson Fires Away on Abortion, Gay Marriage

Saturday, September 8, 2007 1:44 PM

Don't punish women who have abortions," presidential hopeful Fred Thompson says. Punish the doctors who perform them.

Authorities "can do whatever they want to with abortion doctors, as far as I'm concerned," the former Tennessee senator said while campaigning in Western Iowa according to the Los Angeles Times. But "if it comes down to giving criminal sanctions to a 19-year-old girl and her mama, I'm against that."

While acknowledging that as lawyer and lobbyist, he worked in 1991 and 1992 for a group fighting restrictions on abortion counseling he said that once in the Senate he "voted against these people and everything they were interested in," he said.

Speaking to crowds during his Iowa appearances, Thompson revealed his views on a variety of issues, including activist judges, gay marriage and illegal immigration.

· Thompson chastised those judges in Iowa, Massachusetts and other states for rulings that opened the way to same-sex marriage, calling for constitutional amendments to curb judges' power to do so.

"What we're seeing here is a totally judicially created problem," he told a crowd in Sioux City, Iowa according to the Times. "You know how many states have affirmatively approved gay marriage? State legislatures? Zero."

He also said he backed a constitutional amendment to prevent states from being forced to recognize a same-sex marriage performed in another state under "some off-the-wall court decision, "and called for an amendment to bar judges from allowing same-sex marriage in a state unless that state's its legislature had approved it.

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Fred Thompson has also said publicly on several occasions that Roe v. Wade is bad law and that he would work to have the quarter century old decision overturned. Unfortunately, there are some conservatives who disagree with Thompson's stance on abortion saying that just getting the SCOTUS to overturn Roe v. Wade does not go far enough and that an amendment should be added to the constitution to protect unborn children, which at present, Thompson appears to be against.

IMO, the overturning of Roe v. Wade should only be considered a first step toward legally protecting the unborn. The next step should be to convince the majority of states to enact and enforce laws that explicitly recognize the human status of unborn children. The hearts and minds of 3/4 majority our country's citizens must first be changed. Only then can the concept of a federal amendment to the Constitution be truly realized.

Regardless of amending the Constitution, Fred Thompson will certainly fight to ensure that our country's most sacred document will be protected by Judges who are committed to doing the same and THAT is what is highest on my list of requirements for electing our next President of these United States of America.