Supreme Court Justices Have Been Praying With Leaders of a Group That Helped End Roe v. Wade
In new hot mic audio obtained by Rolling Stone, Peggy Nienaber, executive director of Liberty Counsels D.C. ministry, bragged about praying with Supreme Court Justices at the court. Liberty Counsel authored an amicus brief in the Dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health case, in which the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal right to abortion last month.
Per the Rolling Stones Wednesday report, during a celebration marking the fall of Roe, someone on a livestream asked Nienabar, You actually pray with the Supreme Court justices? Nienaber responded: I do. They will pray with us, those that like us to pray with them. As for where these prayers are happening, Nienaber indicated theyre taking place inside the Supreme Court: We actually go in there.
Several experts on judicial conflicts of interest and Supreme Court recusals who spoke to Rolling Stone are in agreement that what Nienabar described presents a problem and possible conflict of interest, given Liberty Counsels role in the Dobbs case. (And while Christian leaders have apparently been praying for and discussing the end of abortion rights inside the court, outside, highly militarized police officers have been enforcing a buffer zone to shut out abortion rights protesters.)
Liberty Counsels founder, Mat Staver, has since denied Nienabers claims to the magazine, stating outright, There is just no way that has happened, and tried to distinguish that Nienaber has prayer meetings for [the justices], not with them. Staver acknowledged to Rolling Stone that if such prayers are taking place, it would be inappropriate, given Liberty Counsels extensive litigation efforts to end abortion and advance other far-right causes. But Nienabers DC Ministrywhich operated as a separate entity from Liberty Counsel called Faith and Action in the Nations Capital prior to 2018has a long history of praying with justices and building relationships with powerful, right-wing political leaders to influence policymaking.
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KPN
(15,646 posts)at a minimum. In a normal time, this stuff would be grounds for impeachment.
Why hadnt this been on the MSM news?
investigated, but wont be.
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)help us.... SMDH