Posted on 06/27/2005 8:47:57 AM PDT by Irontank
Have I mentioned I love Clarence Thomas? Not in a gay way, mind you, but this man is probably the most true patriot and by far smartest guy on the court...followed by Scalia and Rhenquist some distance behind...
Good stuff.. can't wait to read Thomas' dissent. I've said here previously (many times) that Thomas is the only person for Chief, he's the best justice we have. (Sorry Scalia fans.. I'm a Thomas man).
What they are saying is welcome to government rule. America is not America. How dare these jerks rule us and for us.
FWIW re. 14th
-Eric
The only freedom alive and well in America is pervert freedom.
"When faced with a clash of constitutional principle and a line of cases wholly divorced from the text, history, and structure of our founding document, we should not hesitate to resolve the tension in favor of the Constitution's original meaning."
If Congress and the state has in some way become entangled, then the First Amendment should apply.
For example, public schools do receive federal funding. Congress/the fed gov't has inserted itself into public schools.
The question is: In what way is Congress/the federal gov't involved in state courthouses? That's not a rhetorical question, just a question.
I love Clarence Thomas. He obviously understands the Constitution better than the rest.
In a Free Republic, people think for themselves, and can resist "experts" who are wrong. Appeals to "experts" are what I usually see from enemies of a Free Republic. That being said, you are correct that most "experts" were taught the doctrine of incorporation in law school and never questioned it.
We all know that there's been a wave of anti-semitism working its way through the professional leftwing both here and in Europe.
It shouldn't surprise anyone at all that the Supreme Court, dominated by leftwing extremists, should now rule that the Law of Moses, the very core of classical Judaism, should be relegated to the courthouse lawn, and prohibited entry into the court.
The next ruling from this same court might well ban the Jews themselves from entering the courts.
This is the exact same pattern formal, government enforced anti-semitism took in Germany in the 1930s.
They are all Statists.
Didn't know that. There's something new to learn here everyday.
To All: More on the Fourteenth Amendment:
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment14/
Your point?
It was not the original intent. I don't care what the courts say now.
FABULOUS research! This debate was recently had on this website, and I wish I had had this nugget back then. Another reason to wonder if the 14th really has anything to do with the BOR -- nowhere in the 14th amend is the BOR even mentioned.
Oh, and by the way, even if it were made applicable to the states, the First Amendment would NOT have made the Ten Commandments unconstitutional.
We did much worse in the early part of our country that was upheld by the courts.
1) paying for Bibles
2) paying missionaries and sending them with govt. blessing to the Indians....and using public money to pay for churches on Indian land
3) having church in the capitol building and original SCOTUS building....with govt. officials often in attendance, a clear endorsement of the services.
4) Strongly endorsed and sometimes required church attendance by the U.S. military, even during the Civil War pushed by Lincoln himself.
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