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PRESS RELEASE 5-15-00 |
Phyllis Schlafly, president of Eagle Forum, issued this
statement:
"We applaud the U.S. Supreme Court for today's decision in
Brzonkala v. Morrison. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was
an attempt by the feminists to federalize rape and domestic
violence, something that is contrary to our federal system which
leaves local crimes to state and local jurisdiction. VAWA tried
to give women a federal cause of action that allows attorneys'
fees and punitive damages for alleged violence that was never
reported to the police, let alone proved in criminal court.
"Congress has no constitutional basis for regulating
domestic relations. It is neither constitutional nor prudent
for Congress to impose its one-size-fits-all view of domestic
relations on the states. Just as Congress should not impose a
uniform federal remedy for murder, Congress should not impose a
uniform federal remedy for domestic violence. Real violence is
restrained by law enforcement, not by civil lawsuits.
"If VAWA had been allowed to stand, it would have opened the
way for Congress to take the regulation of marriage, divorce and
child custody away from the states."
Eagle Forum filed an amicus curiae brief against VAWA in the
Brzonkala case. |
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