{"id":176,"date":"2009-05-27T16:07:39","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T16:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lynnvsekulow\/2009\/05\/sotomayors-record-scant-on-hot.html"},"modified":"2009-05-27T16:07:39","modified_gmt":"2009-05-27T16:07:39","slug":"sotomayors-record-scant-on-hot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lynnvsekulow\/2009\/05\/sotomayors-record-scant-on-hot.html","title":{"rendered":"Sotomayor’s Record: Scant on “Hot Button” Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sonia Sotomayor’s judicial record is pretty sparse on many of the issue you and I debate on this blog, Jay.  This did not stop you from announcing on Fox News last Friday <\/a>that she had an  “very very strict” position on the Establishment Clause.  What cases are you talking about?<\/p>\n

As I read her record she is a moderate (at most) on religious liberty matters.  She was on a Second Circuit appeals panel that granted a New York City church the right to allow homeless persons to sleep on the institution’s outdoor property.  She also ruled, as a district court judge, that a rabbi could erect a temporary, freestanding menorah in a city park because other groups had been allowed to erect similar items in the past.  She relied on two Supreme Court cases argued by a fellow named Sekulow. Admittedly, she did serve on a Second Circuit panel that affirmed a lower court’s decision to uphold the firing of a substitute teacher who invited students to accept Jesus and led them in prayer.  Surely, you don’t agree with the teacher’s conduct.<\/p>\n

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Frankly, I’d like to know more about how she looks at religious liberty issues. Maybe the hearing will provide some more data for both of us.<\/p>\n

On the Liberty University matter, I did file a formal complaint <\/a>with the IRS regarding the partisan decision by the school to revoke recognition and student funding of the Democratic club on campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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