{"id":4999,"date":"2015-08-04T12:48:07","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T17:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/?p=4999"},"modified":"2015-08-04T12:54:05","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T17:54:05","slug":"4999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/04\/4999\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Kent at Insider Advantage Georgia:Reject Obama\u2019s Federal Judge Pick Dax Lopez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Insider Advantage Georgia<\/a> – a subscription news and opinion outlet<\/p>\n

Reject Obama\u2019s Federal Judge Pick Dax Lopez<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Phil Kent | Aug 4, 2015<\/p>\n

President Barack Obama\u2019s nomination of DeKalb County State Court Judge Dax Lopez<\/a> to be a federal district court judge \u2014 subject to confirmation by the U.S. Senate\u2013 is causing a stir in Republican and conservative circles. On last Sunday\u2019s Fox5Atlanta \u201cGeorgia Gang\u201d broadcast, for example, host Dick Williams asserted<\/a>\u00a0that Lopez\u2019s board membership on the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) <\/a>\u201cand its extreme positions on open borders is problematic and has to be answered.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is laughable that Lopez is being packaged as somehow being a \u201cRepublican,\u201d as evidenced by the headline over a fawning August 3 Daily Report article<\/a>: \u201cAs a Latino Republican, Federal Judge Nominee has Bipartisan Connections.\u201d It\u2019s time for a reality check. Just consider the radical positions of the illegal alien lobby group that Lopez has presided over since 2004<\/a> (positions opposed by most Republicans in Georgia, by the way). Note that, according to its website, GALEO:<\/p>\n

* Supports amnesty<\/a> for illegal aliens.
\n* Lobbied against Georgia sheriffs\u2019 cooperation with federal immigration control officials and even commended the Fulton County <\/a>sheriff for not cooperating with Immigration and Control Enforcement officials.
\n* Fought the state voter identification<\/a> law.
\n* Denounces the state\u2019s official English-in-government law.
\n* Supports in-state tuition<\/a> for illegal aliens.
\n* Opposed passage<\/a> of the 2011 Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act (which passed both houses of the General Assembly by large majorities).<\/p>\n

This writer spoke with Lopez at a reception during his judgeship campaign in 2012. He was unapologetic for the group opposing the 2011 immigration control act. That was the same year that GALEO joined with<\/a> the American Civil Liberties Union and other left-wing groups in a class action lawsuit to overturn the law.<\/a> (How many taxpayer dollars did Lopez\u2019s organization cost the state\u2019s taxpayers in defending that law?)<\/p>\n

When asked why he was a board member of an advocacy\/lobbying group<\/a>, he told me it was because he believed in its mission. That begs the question: Should any serving judge be a board member of an advocacy\/lobbying group<\/a>? Also, can Lopez be an \u201cimpartial\u201d federal judge at a time when his benefactor Obama has been bypassing Congress with unconstitutional executive actions granting amnesty and \u201cdeferred status\u201d to illegal immigrants?<\/p>\n

Remember, too, that Lopez had a big patron during his 2012 election campaign. It was none other than last year\u2019s failed Democratic gubernatorial nominee and son of former President Jimmy Carter. In a July 27, 2012 Tweet, Lopez said: \u201cI cannot begin to thank my good friend and fellow DeKalb public servant Sen. Jason Carter for hosting a meet and greet for me at the home of his parents. I am humbled to have his support and endorsement.\u201d Lopez was also endorsed in his campaign by former Democrat Gov. Roy Barnes and the homosexual lobby Georgia Equality.<\/p>\n

Yes, Lopez was originally appointed to his DeKalb judgeship by GOP Gov. Sonny Perdue as part of a public relations-type \u201coutreach to Hispanics.\u201d But waving a magic wand and sprinkling pachyderm powder over Lopez didn\u2019t automatically make him a \u201cRepublican,\u201d no matter how many times dishonest media types make the claim.<\/p>\n

Marietta attorney Robert Ingram, a member of U.S. Sen Johnny Isakson\u2019s judicial nominating committee, babbled to the Daily Report that \u201cboth the committee and Senator Isakson enthusiastically support him.\u201d However, that\u2019s not what Isakson or his office say. They aren\u2019t saying anything, for now. Georgia\u2019s other U.S. senator, David Perdue, has not made up his mind as to whether he will confirm this Obama pick.<\/p>\n

Lopez will undergo thorough questioning about his judicial philosophy when he comes before the U.S. Senate. And if Republicans in the GOP-controlled Senate are true to their word, and they oppose activist judges who support Obama\u2019s unconstitutional overreaches, they will ultimately reject this presidential acolyte.<\/p>\n

Phil Kent is the CEO of InsiderAdvantage and is also Gov. Nathan Deal\u2019s appointee to the state Immigration Enforcement and Review Board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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