Supreme Court Justices seldom allow themselves to get caught in the rough-and- tumble of local politics. So eyebrows rose when a letter written by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was used by archconservative Arizona Republicans to formulate a resolution proclaiming that the U.S. is a "Christian nation."
O'Connor, once active in the Arizona G.O.P., wrote the letter last year to Apache Junction Republican Annetta Conant. At Conant's request, the Justice cited three court opinions that, according to O'Connor, were "to the effect that this is a Christian nation."
After adoption of the resolution at the annual state party convention, along - with...
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