Posted on 10/26/2019 4:56:33 PM PDT by OneVike
Vanity, Vanity, Vanity, but inquiring minds need to know. Which of the 4 conservative justices voted not to hear the case involving the issue of Maryland High School student Caleigh Wood, who refused to take part in a school assignment to write the Islamic conversion prayer.
My guess it was Roberts, but you never know, and regardless of how I try I cannot find out which Justice it was.
Anyone know which Supreme Court justice, or more, decided to vote with the Godless liberals not to hear the case?
” How can the Constitution be possibly interpreted as allowing the coercion of a student to recite a religious oath of a religion she is not bound to. “
It can’t.
That does not prevent judges who have no fealty to the Constitution from saying otherwise.
We have seen this WAY to often.
As skr noted originally,
"Wood received a lower grade for the lesson, but it did not affect her final grade, filings show.". . .“...students “were not required to memorize the shahada, to recite it, or even to write the complete statement of faith,” according to the ruling.”
At least four Justices must vote to hear a case. My understanding is that often, Justices who are receptive to the claimant's argument may nonetheless vote against hearing a case IF they fear the ruling would go the wrong way for whatever reason, e.g. Too many liberals, Roberts is compromised, etc.
We went decades after Miller before we got a Second Amendment ruling, in part because (so I heard) the Justices wanted the RIGHT CASE. It worked. We gun rights enthusiasts have a similar debate on getting a concealed-carry case before the SCOTUS. While I'd love national reciprocity, I'm ok with the strong States Rights we have today vs risking a losing case with the uncertainty of Roberts.
You have to pick your battles. If this really was not a rock-solid Establishment case then maybe it is best in the long run to take a pass. Similarly, if RBG or another leftist leaves and we get an originalist Justice, then such cases may be brought forward. Until then, since the child's grade wasn't impacted and if our side could lose this case (and damage the nation forever bigly), letting it pass isn't a bad tactical maneuver.
SCOTUS has to perform “triage” to decide which cases will be on their slate...the real question is how many more important cases pushed it down the line.
“Of the dozens of churches within 10-miles of me, there is only 3 that don’t have a K-8 or K-12 operation”
That’s fantastic.
There is a healthy homeschooling population here in Texas. I wish more of the church leadership were on board with that, and Christian education. I am not sure what it will take to change that.
Southern Maryland is composed of the counties on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay including Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s counties.
Okay, so that means that it was denied by Roberts. It pays to keep on digging. 8>)
It could have been, or he forwarded it (favorably/unfavorably) to the rest of the court and there weren’t (3/4) other justices who wanted to hear it.
But yes, we do not know how it was denied for sure and there is no place I can find that gives any more information as to why or how it was denied. By vote or just rejected by the Justice who oversees that district appeals court.
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