christian grantham
Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later was a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD.
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March 31, 2005

Even one of the most conservative jurists on the federal bench has had it with the Republican Party's disgraceful threats of imprisonment against the judiciary, attack on Michael Schiavo's marital rights, and a continued assault on the balance of power by their radical evangelical base.

Birch authored opinions upholding Alabama's right to ban the sale of sex toys and Florida's ability to prohibit adoptions by gay couples. Both rulings drew the ire of liberal activists and the elation of traditional and social conservatives.

Yet, in Wednesday's 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to deny a rehearing to Schiavo's parents, Birch went out of his way to castigate Bush and Congress for acting "in a manner demonstrably at odds with our Founding Fathers' blueprint for governance of a free people our Constitution."

Birch said he couldn't countenance Congress' attempt to "rob" federal courts of the discretion they're given in the Constitution. Noting that it had become popular among "some members of society, including some members of Congress," to denounce "activist judges," or those who substitute their personal opinions for constitutional imperatives, Birch said lawmakers embarked on their own form of unconstitutional activism.
[Conservative judge slaps Congress, Bush over case - Grand Forks Herald - 03-31-05]