I would have to agree with Bill D's 15 Apr 05 - 12:00 AM post. This law is a ploy to try to make it easier for the religious right to get rid of judges who make decisions they don't like.

They even said as much themselves when people like Tom Delay and others of the religious right said, after the courts' decisions in the Terri Schiavo case, that the judiciary was "a renegade judiciary" and "out of control", and people like DeLay came right out in the open and said that the judiciary would be punished and called into account for not complying with the wishes of the religious right in the Schiavo case. To not see this law for what it is... a blatant attempt to consolidate power within the legislative body of the religious right and to eliminate judicial oversight, is very near-sighted and, in my opinion, not very wise.