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Washington, DC – Americans in Contact PAC has endorsed Governor Rick Perry in the Texas republican gubernatorial primary race on March 2nd, 2010. Governor Perry has protected life, cut taxes and stood up for conservative values in Texas. AICPAC is working to mobilize thousands of voters in Texas to support Perry in this critical election.
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Washington, DC - Americans in Contact Political Action Committee has endorsed Scott Brown, the Republican candidate running in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race. Brown will be the last vote needed to stop the government from taking over the health care system and stopping tax-payer funded abortions. Americans in Contact PAC has begun a campaign to mobilize hundreds of thousands of voters in Massachusetts in support of Brown for this critical election.
November 2nd, 2009 - Washington, DC - Americans in Contact PAC is conducting a Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) effort in Maine to rally supporters to vote “Yes” on Question One and protect traditional marriage. Question One restores traditional marriage and reaffirms the important role that marriage plays in our society. For more information, please visit: http://www.standformarriagemaine.com/
November 2nd, 2009 – Washington DC – Americans in Contact PAC has initiated a wide-scale calling campaign to residents of New York’s 23rd Congressional district reminding them to vote tomorrow, November 3rd, for conservative candidate Douglas Hoffman. Americans in Contact PAC is standing behind Douglas Hoffman and his bid to support conservative values such as lower taxes, life and traditional marriage in northern New York and in the rest of the Country.
August 11th, 2009
Washington, DC – During his campaign, President Obama promised Planned Parenthood that he would abolish all restrictions and limitations on abortion and is now working to expand abortion with his government-run health care bill. This proposed health care bill will force every taxpayer and business in the country to pay for government funded abortions. Americans in Contact PAC has begun a campaign to build a grassroots network of supporters of life that will stand for life and defend the unborn in order to help us stop taxpayer funded abortions. President Obama’s health-care bill is the greatest threat to unborn children and their mothers since Roe v. Wade and AICPAC is committed to doing everything possible to stop government-funded abortions.
Pro-Lifers, Conservatives Voice Concerns Over New High Court Pick
By Nathan Black
Christian Post Reporter
Tue, May. 26 2009 11:20 AM EDT
President Barack Obama announced Tuesday morning federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee for the Supreme Court.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden applaud federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor, after the president announced her as his nominee to the Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 26, 2009, during a ceremony in the East Room Ceremony of the White House in Washington.
If confirmed, Sotomayor, who grew up in the South Bronx, would be the first Hispanic and third female justice seated on the country’s highest court.
Already, pro-life groups have come out, voicing concerns over Obama’s new pick despite her limited record on abortion.
“Does justice include the right to tear the arms and legs off of babies, crush their skulls, and treat them as medical waste?” Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life asked. “We all draw the line somewhere. An avowed racist or anti-Semite is not acceptable on the Supreme Court. Why should we give a pass to the violence of abortion?”
Americans United for Life acknowledged that Sotomayor has “never directly decided whether a law regulating abortion was constitutional” during her 17 years on the bench.
But the pro-life group pointed out that the 54-year-old judge has decided a few cases “that indirectly implicate abortion rights.”
After Justice David Souter announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, Obama said he planned to choose someone who possesses the “quality of empathy, of understanding and identifying with people’s hopes and struggles.”
In his announcement on Tuesday, Obama indicated that he chose exactly such a person as he commented on Sotomayor’s humble beginnings and “wisdom from an inspiring life’s journey.”
He said that a Hispanic seated on the high court would mark another step toward the goal of “equal justice under the law.”
Sotomayor will not likely affect the ideological balance of the court, since Souter was also a liberal-leaning judge.
Some conservatives have expressed concerns, saying Sotomayor is more liberal than Souter and that her previous comments and decisions imply that her personal political agenda is more important than the law.
“Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important that the law as written,” stated Judicial Confirmation Network’s Counsel Wendy E. Long. “She thinks that judges should dictate policy, and that one’s sex, race, and ethnicity ought to affect the decisions one renders from the bench.”
Kelly Shackelford, chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute, also lamented, “This is a sad day. The American people want judges of neutrality, not liberal activist ‘judges’ who decide cases on their feelings. Taking the blindfold off of Lady Justice is not a positive act.”
“Judicial activism robs the power of self-government from the American people. Sotomayor’s statements on judges making policy, advocating for race-viewed justice, and her decision in Ricci and in many others, which were overturned, make clear her activist approach. The only people who will be happy with this pick will be extreme activists on the left,” Shackelford added.
A graduate of Princeton University and Yale Law School, Sotomayor has served as an appeals judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals since 1998. Prior to that, she was a N.Y. County Assistant District Attorney and a former private practice attorney. She was nominated to the federal bench by former president George H.W. Bush in 1991 and elevated to the appeals court by former president Bill Clinton in 1997.
Pro-Abortion Groups Support Obama Supreme Court Pick Sonia Sotomayor
http://lifenews.com/nat5089.html
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
May 26, 2009
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) – Leading pro-abortion groups expressed support for President Barack Obama’s selection of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court. If confirmed by the Senate, Sotomayor would replace outgoing pro-abortion Justice David Souter, and likely keep the court’s apparent 5-4 pro-abortion majority.
Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL, was one of the first to chime in with her backing for the appeals court judge.
“President Obama has selected a nominee with a distinguished record of professional accomplishments as a judge, prosecutor, and community leader,” she said in a statement.
“This impressive personal biography signals that she possesses an understanding of how the law affects everyday people’s lives,” Keenan said. “We are encouraged by the strong support she receives from her peers and other legal scholars and the fact that the Senate has twice confirmed her for federal judgeships.”
However, Keenan appeared to wait to reserve her most glowing praise until more is known about where Sotomayor stands on abortion and Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court case that allowed virtually unlimited abortions throughout pregnancy.
Nominated to serve as the third woman and first Hispanic on the Supreme Court, the pro-abortion National Organization for Women (NOW) said it would “celebrate” the nomination.
“Judge Sotomayor will serve the nation with distinction. She brings a lifelong commitment to equality, justice and opportunity, as well as the respect of her peers, unassailable integrity, and a keen intellect informed by experience,” NOW president Kim Gandy said.
Gandy said her group would launch a “Confirm Her” campaign to ensure the swift confirmation of her appointment. She called on the Senate to confirm Sotomayor without any significant delays.
Nan Aron, president of the Alliance for Justice, a pro-abortion judicial group, was also pleased with the choice of Sotomayor.
“Sonia Sotomayor will be a strong voice to uphold the Constitution and the law to provide equal justice and protect personal freedoms for everyone in America,” he said. “This nomination shows that President Obama is appointing judges who understand that the role of the courts is to give everyone a chance to be heard, to stand up for their rights, and get justice.”
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama plans to announce his Supreme Court choice soon but isn’t saying who is being seriously considered, senators who met with him said Wednesday…
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D985H7180&show_article=1
May 12th, 2009
Washington, DC - Americans In Contact PAC announces today that in preparation for the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court, it has begun a new multi-state campaign aimed at building a grassroots network of hundreds of thousands of supporters who will mobilize to help us defend life. While President Barack Obama considers the critical appointment of a new Supreme Court justice, Pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood and NARAL are raising money to help them make sure that the next Supreme Court Justice will not only keep Roe v. Wade in place, but go even further by reading the Freedom of Choice Act into the Constitution and eliminating every abortion restriction in the country. Americans In Contact is dedicating its efforts to fight any judicial nominee who would pursue such a radical agenda.
Article and Photo from: http://www.examiner.com/x-4699-Community-Building-Blocks-Examiner~y2009m3d24-Sarah-Palin-blasts-Obama-for-Special-Olympics-gaffe
Alaska governor Sarah Palin expressed shock over President Obama’s remark about Special Olympics. The president appeared on the Tonight Show last Thursday and told Jay Leno that his low bowling score was “like Special Olympics, or something.” The president recognized his failed attempt at self-deprecating humor and immediately responded with an apology to Special Olympics chairman Tim Shriver before the show even aired. However, before you could say “opportunist,” the former Vice-Presidential candidate and mother of a special needs child criticized the president’s comment. She chided, “this was a degrading remark about our world’s most precious and unique people, coming from the most powerful position in the world.”
The president’s remark was indeed thoughtless but Sarah Palin’s indignation rings hollow. She returned to work just three days after giving birth to her son Trig, who was born with Down Syndrome. Yes, special needs children are precious. As such, I would think a newborn Down Syndrome baby would need more than part-time attention from his mother days after arriving in the world. Morover, other than a campaign pledge to “have a friend and advocate in the White House,”Palin also has no record on disability issues nor has she presented a disability agenda since her failed bid for the vice-presidency. Her rhetoric rings louder than her indignation.
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