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Bachmann Wants To Strip Courts of Equal Protection Jurisdiction (Care2)

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To her credit Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is not shy about her role as a culture warrior and has come out in front of bold conservative initiatives to eradicate completely the constitutional separation of church and state.


Her latest campaign calls for stripping federal judges of jurisdiction to enforce equal protection laws.  Bachmann's motivation is, of course, protecting "traditional marriage" from the nefarious gay agenda.  In a speech in Iowa, Bachmann told a group of social conservatives that Congress ultimately controls the scope of Article III federal courts and can, and should, "decide what judges can rule on and what they can't."

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