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November 4, 2005 Doolittle Calls on White House to Fill Vacancies on 9th Circuit Court Liberal Court Strikes Again: Parents Have No Rights! Printer Friendly
“The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals currently has four longstanding vacancies that, if filled by President Bush, would create a majority of conservatives on the bench,” Doolittle said. “I urge President Bush to appoint four strong, constitutionally-minded justices who can end the era of liberal activism that has disseminated from the bench of the 9th Circuit for too long.” On Wednesday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held “that there is no free-standing fundamental right of parents to control the upbringing of their children by introducing them to matters of and relating to sex in accordance with their personal and religious values and beliefs.” A three-judge panel dismissed a lawsuit by parents who were outraged that the Palmdale School District in California surveyed their first, third, and fifth grade elementary school children with graphic questions about sex. The sexually explicit survey gave the following options to children as young as seven: - touching my private parts too much; - thinking about having sex; - thinking about touching other people’s private parts; - thinking about sex when I don’t want to; - not trusting people because they might want sex; - having sex feelings in my body; and - can’t stop thinking about sex. “In ruling after ruling, the 9th Circuit Court has struck down the very God-given and Constitutional rights that Americans live by. With everything from ruling the Pledge unconstitutional to preempting a parent’s right to raise his child, this Court is infecting our country with a destructive, left-wing agenda,” Doolittle concluded. U.S. Rep. John T. Doolittle has served in the House
of Representatives since 1991. As Secretary of the House Republican Conference,
he is an elected member of the House Republican Leadership. Doolittle represents
California’s
4th Congressional District and serves on the Appropriations Committee, Energy
and Water, Agriculture, and Interior Subcommittees, and the House Administration
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