“Government shall make no establishment of religion,” Coons responded, reciting from memory the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (Coons was off slightly: The first amendment actually reads “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”)
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I’m astounded CBS would be so accurate.
Dumbfounded even.
Shouldn’t the story be “Yale Law grad Coons fails miserably to get even close to a proper quotation of the 1st part of the 1st Amendment”
I thought the case in favor of Coons is that he’s just so smart.
Christine is likeable. Christine is one of us. But Coons is “smart” Went to Yale Law.
And he botched the quote in 2 serious, serious ways, revealing a very poor understanding of the English Language.
1) Congress and Government are not the same things at all.
2) It’s impossible to make a law respecting something that isn’t allowed to exist in the first place.