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Mr. Holstad's Op-Eds and Letters
States Rights Issues False Label in Schiavo Case
Conservatives Confused and Wrong
March 30, 2004
A recent editorial in the Los Angeles Times instructed Chief Justice Rehnquist to stay away from the Terry Schiavo case as some weird form of penance for his involvement in the Bush v. Gore litigation in 2000. The Times editorial is consistent with a near-unanimous viewpoint, among liberals and conservatives alike, that federal intervention to protect an individual from state law injustice is hypocritical and somehow inconsistent with the idea that conservatives are supporters of state’ rights. The editorial evidences a lack of research into the Chief Justice’s prior rulings on the subject and I do not understand the origin of the conservatives’ states rights concerns.
In 1999, I brought a lawsuit based on the federal civil rights act in federal district court in Minnesota. I alleged that the religious rights of my clients, 47 Catholic and Protestant taxpayers, were violated by being required to subsidize abortions on demand pursuant to the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Order in the 1995 Doe v. Gomez case. I argued that (1) because of the way that Doe v. Gomez was handled in state district and Minnesota Supreme Courts, the procedural due process rights of religious taxpayers were violated.
May 7, 2004
The photos of naked, embarrassed Iraqi prisoners, is the fruit of our liberated secular society.
No one should be shocked by photos of Iraqi “prisoner abuse,” and neither should they be appalled. Certainly, it is embarrassing to think that the rest of the world may now hold this as a snapshot of American attitudes, but the reality is that it probably does. The irony here is that American conservatives, who have long been critical of the demise of American culture, now must withstand the worst of criticism for its public display. Humiliated Iraqi soldiers have become the poster children of the American conservative-led war in Iraq. Click For Full Text
January 22, 2004
January is noteworthy for a few significant traditions. They help us pass the time during our winter chill, giving us something toward which to look. The Super Bowl is a big one, although it slipped to February this year. There is the president’s State of the Union address, the Winter Carnival, and the annual marches noting the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. This year makes 31. To some, that means 31 times 1.5 million – the number of abortions per year. To others, it means the usual news stories that have become almost redundant. In St. Paul, it means that thousands of pro-life demonstrators will march to the Capital where they will sing and gather in frigid temperatures that can’t be understood, unless you have been there. Click For Full Text
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