Posted on 10/08/2005 10:03:30 AM PDT by Jay777
SAN DIEGO -- A Superior Court judge has ruled that a proposed transfer of the Mount Soledad Cross to the federal government is unconstitutional.
Judge Patricia Cowett found Friday that maintenance of the cross is an "unconstitutional preference of religion."
Cowett also said transferring ownership of the 43-foot cross and surrounding property to the federal government is an "unconstitutional aid to religion."
"The court hereby finds the ordinance placing Proposition A on the ballot and Proposition A unconstitutional, and therefore invalid and unenforceable. Maintenance of this Latin Cross as it is on the property in question, is found to be an unconstitutional preference of religion in violation of Artical I, Section 4, of the California Constitution, and the transfer of the memorial with the cross as its centerpiece to the federal government to save the cross as it is, where it is, is an unconstitutional aid to religion in violation of Artical XVI, Section 5, of the California Constitution."
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In CA, public officials such as these Superior Court judges can be subject to Recall, as was well publicized when ex-Gov. Davis was recalled in 2003. Perhaps this is the only way that may work.
They are also subject to reaffirmation by yes/no vote on the ballot every 12 years or so, butthat rarely works because nobody knows who the judges are, so they usually all get reelected by 75% or so. Maybe they are also subject to impeachment, but I doubt that could happen in this case.
What illiterate moron wrote this? It's spelled Article NOT Artical If this was written by a so called "judge" I would have to question their competence based on their spelling abilities alone.
It's Connie Chung!
How did you stumble across it now?
The Cross is back in the news and this thread still comes up in the FR search.
:-)
The site was actually discovered 61 years earlier by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo who had named it San Miguel.
Named after a saint?! OMG!
Actually named after a beer....
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