I say we just use one of the three versions posted on the Supreme Court itself.
The Supreme Court itself has displayed purely religious scriptures, such as Leviticus 25:10 engraved in copper and bronze, circa 1790
Posted on 03/01/2010 1:51:59 PM PST by walsh
The Supreme Court has declined to get involved in a new dispute over a Ten Commandments display on public property.
The justices on Monday left in place a lower court decision that a Ten Commandments marker in Haskell County, Okla., must go.
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One more reason why we need to get a conservative congress in 2010 and a conservative president in 2012
God help us if Obama gets to replace more SC justices.
The 10 Commandments are the very basics of Christianity and Judaism, something the majority of religious in this country agree on, of course it’s gotta go.
Not granting cert leaves the entire question open for another day.
They need to understand our Forefathers when they said we have “Freedom of Religion”......not “Freedom from Religion”.
The primary reason is the Communist left which started the ACLU to destroy our country. They are performing their job with their Nazi and Communist brothers as the left is and has always been anti freedom.
WWWLD?
I was curious about this statement made in the article: "In 2005, the high court said in two cases that determining whether the Ten Commandments could be displayed on government property was a case-by-case affair."
What purpose do they serve if not to decide, according to the Constitution? and they said in 2005 it will be decided as case-by-case??
But it's to be expected. We have some judges who would side with us on certain issues if they ever came to the possibility of overturning (like Roe); but, the judges we have on the court right now who were nominated by Republicans were nominated to be fiscal Libertarians, not Constitutional protectors of the culture and liberty.
They have taken less and less cases in recent years involving what would be called cultural/moral/social issues. On the other hand, they have been very quick to take up corporate issues. This is a decided switch from previous courts.
“Originalism” is lost. The best we can hope for from the current court is the occasional spattering of “Strict Constructionism,” which they seem reluctant to evenly apply. I have seen very few to no decisions recently, whether it be rulings or simply deciding to take/not take a case, which are “Originalist” decisions.
The current court supports porn unconditionally, is Pro-Choice, believes in forms of Affirmative Action, and supports homosexual rights above and beyond states’ rights. None of these things would the founders have supported.
The current court continues to let Appellate Courts rewrite the culture, and refuses to protect religious liberty in the way the founders intended. Sadly, this is what they were appointed to do: appease the Chamber, while declining to “get involved” with Constitutional issues of culture, traditional values, or freedom of religion.
It is selectively Federalist, not at all Originalist, part-time Strict Constructionist, and 50% Activist.
Yeah, this stinks; but it is no surprise.
Actually, when the question arose for defending Judge Moore in OK on the same issue, my boss at the time (head of the Thomas More Law Center West Coast) wanted to get involved. I asked him which version of the 10 Commandments he intended to defend, as, though they are mostly similar, the Catholics have a slightly different version from the ones used by most Protestants/Jews, and there are two different versions in the Bible: Exodus 20:2–17 and Deuteronomy 5:6–21 with another version at Exodus 34:11–27.
So, say that we’re all agreed that the Ten Commandments should be posted — which version, and who gets to decide?
You cant win so long as Incorporation stands. The 1st amendment with Incorporation now stand to mean the exact opposite of what it was originally made to mean. the United States Federal Government is imposing upon the people and their States the religion of atheism.
Until people restore states rights and throw off incorporation, no mans liberty is safe.
This is why I say I hope Chicago wins and the NRA loses tomorrow. to Incorporate the 2nd amendment is only to bring about the long term destruction of that right and all other such rights. The NRA has betrayed us, we are walking into a most horrific trap.
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