Jihadi relinquishes Virginia immigration panel seat

WVRA ^ | 27 SEPT 2007 | WVRA

[R. Scott]

I knew it would happen - but not that quickly. Most of our Democrat Governors took their time.

[untenured]

The First Amendment prohibits the Congress (and by extension through the 14th Amendment, the Virginia Legislature) from passing a law respecting an establishmnt of religion.

Actually, you could do better than that. Article VI requires that "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." This seldom comes up in litigation, but this seems like an obvious case. Someone really should challenge this.

[muawiyah]

The "religious test" deal is strictly federal ~ although states might well have the same deal.

That the Governor of Virginia would propose Unconstitutional legislation is not unexpected. It's happened before.

Took the Union Army several years to wrench the place back into line.