Steve Kirkland

Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.

The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings or court houses.

Islamic law (Sharia) should take precedence over national and state laws where there are Islamic majority communities in the U. S.

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

The U.S. Constitution and my state constitution should be interpreted as living documents, rather than using a strict constructionist or originalist approach in judicial decisions.

There are times when American judges should alter U.S. case law in order to comply with foreign case law.

Which current U.S. Supreme Court justice best reflects your judicial philosophy?

Which U.S. president serving after 1960 best reflects your political philosophy?

What is the proper use of legislative history in interpreting statutory law?

What specific text in the Declaration of Independence provides the critical basis for individual rights and the form of government guaranteed in the United States Constitution?

I voted in these primaries and general elections:

When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and immigration, which of the following best describes you overall?

Please provide publicly available information validating your answer to the previous question.

What education or experience qualifies you to hold the office for which you seek election?

In what areas of law have you practiced?

E-mail address and phone number for voters to reach you:

Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?

Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.

George Washington's comment that “Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society” is still true today.

What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

In light of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges allowing members of the same sex to marry, which justice’s opinion in that case most closely approximates your understanding of marriage?