Jay Sekulow, one of the most influential Evangelicals in America, joined the Romney campaign for some events in Iowa recently. CNN shot some footage with him today talking about why he's supporting Mitt and Jay made a powerful case. He's a lawyer, making strong cases is what he does for a living, but great to see how he delivered the message.
If you haven't heard of him before, this is Time Magazine's profile of Jay:
If God is heading to an appeals court, Jay Sekulow is likely to be sitting at the counsel table. His Washington-based American Center for Law & Justice has argued and won several high-profile religious-freedom cases, including Supreme Court decisions that allowed Bible-study clubs on public-school campuses and that protected the right of antiabortion demonstrators
Sekulow, 48, who was raised Jewish but converted to Christianity in college and now considers himself a "Messianic Jew," formed the law center with a group of other conservative litigators in 1990. Today the 700,000-member center has become, with a budget of $30 million, a powerful counterweight to the liberal American Civil Liberties Union.
Jay spoke in particular about how Mitt Romney is going to bring the conservative jurists to the Supreme Court and not just nominate them but that his administration would be able to get them confirmed. And that's a big deal with a few more Democrat appointed justices looking like they're ready for retirement.
And here's a thought for the future: If Ginsberg who was the ACLU's in house lawyer could be confirmed by the senate, should Jay ever to become a nominee, the Democrats better give him an up or down vote on confirmation.
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