[Personal Responsibility]

1) You are right
2) Paragraphs are your friend :)

[ndt]

paragraphs are you friend.

[ndt]

The judge could not have ruled any other way. The Supreme Court has interpreted the "Congress shall make no law respecting" clause. For a lower court to rule against the Supreme Court would be judicial activism.

The S.C. has spoken on the issue, whether you like it or not, these cases must be judged against the Lemon Test.

The only way to change it would be for the S.C. to overrule their previous ruling (not likely) or for congress to amend the constitution (not likely, but more likely that the first)

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

If there were a separation between church and state then what gives the state the right to even render a decision?The state itself has violated the first amendment by EVEN MAKING A DECISION!Separation would be total and complete.

[ndt]

"You see, the law that our public officials swear to uphold and defend actually makes the judiciary "...beyond comparison the weakest of the three departments in power."

I love this quote. It is a perfect example of quote mining and attempt to make it mean exactly the opposite of what was said. Here is the full quote.

"This simple view of the matter suggests several important consequences. It proves incontestably, that the judiciary is beyond comparison the weakest of the three departments of power; that it can never attack with success either of the other two; and that all possible care is requisite to enable it to defend itself against their attacks. It equally proves, that though individual oppression may now and then proceed from the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter; I mean so long as the judiciary remains truly distinct from both the legislature and the Executive. "

Alexander Hamilton is arguing that the judiciary is incapable of the violations you are accusing it of and that "all possible care" must be taken to defend the courts powers.

[Blzbba]

All I know is that, if a Muslim ever opened a public prayer with "All Praise to Allah", the outrage from those supporting the mention of Jesus in public prayer would be deafening.

I also know that I'd vomit if I heard "Praise to Allah".