What does the nitwit judge, Catherine Perry, not undestand about the 1st Amendment?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4185/is_20070822/ai_n19492439
U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry of the St. Louis-based federal trial court issued the preliminary injunction last September. The injunction prohibits the South Iron R-1 School District, located in Iron County, from distributing Bibles to its students and from allowing any other group to do the same. Traditionally, Gideons International has given Bibles to the district's fifth-grade students.
Now that the 8th Circuit affirmed Perry's order, lawyers for both sides expect the district judge will rule soon on their competing motions for summary judgment pending before her.
The case was argued April 12 before 8th Circuit Chief Judge James B. Loken, Judge Kermit E. Bye and Judge William Jay Riley.
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Writing for the 8th Circuit, Loken described it this way: "The injunction is succinct, clearly written, and limited to the precise conduct that warranted preliminary equitable relief. It does not, for example, broadly enjoin the distribution of all religious- oriented materials or address what activities the District might allow after school hours under the new policy."
The permanent injunction the plaintiffs are seeking is identical in scope to the preliminary injunction affirmed by the appeals court, Rothert said. So the opinion is likely to help the district judge craft a permanent injunction if she rules in the plaintiffs' favor, he said.
Only the beginning, next, like that judge in england the Islamist will be granted sharia rights and enforcement.
“if the ACLU has that say-so, no religious literature will ever be distributed”
No, only Christian literature will be vetoed. The ACLU has no problem with schools forcing students to practice Islam or wiccan or any other of the pagan religions.
Judicial legislation. This judge should be recalled/removed and disbarred, IMO.
“because of their religious nature.”
The ACLU is hypocritical. They don’t complain about anything that a certain middle eastern sect says or does, but they complain about anything that a Christian does.
Is an idiot. Hopefully, this will go up the 'chain of command' in the courts until someone sane hears the case.
Perry, Catherine D.
Born 1952 in Hobart, OK
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
Nominated by William J. Clinton on July 15, 1994, to a seat vacated by Clyde S. Cahill; Confirmed by the Senate on October 6, 1994, and received commission on October 7, 1994.
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1990-1994
Education:
University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1977
Washington University School of Law, J.D., 1980
Professional Career:
Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1980-1990
Adjunct professor of law, Washington University School of Law, 1981-1984, 1991-1992, 1993-1994
Race or Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Talk about idiocy! How can we fight this ruling?
It doesn’t look like they’re going into individual classrooms handing them out, which might amount to pressure to students to accept them (don’t want to be the odd non-Christian out, kids already get enough social grief).
It looks like they’re in common areas giving them to any kids who ask. What’s the consitutional problem as long as it’s done with equal access? OTOH, some hypocritical supporters of this might find themselves on the other side of the issue if the local mosque starts distributing Korans.