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To: inquest
If it's Alabama government property, and the people of that state have decided that one of the privileges of the Chief Justice position is to have a dacha on the Black Sea, and yes, other people are excluded, that does not violate the Constitution.

Perhaps they ought to start by amending their own constitution to reflect that notion, then:

...no religion shall be established by law; that no preference shall be given by law to any religious sect, society, denomination, or mode of worship; that no one shall be compelled by law to attend any place of worship; nor to pay any tithes, taxes, or other rate for building or repairing any place of worship, or for maintaining any minister or ministry; that no religious test shall be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under this state; and that the civil rights, privileges, and capacities of any citizen shall not be in any manner affected by his religious principles.

1,176 posted on 08/26/2003 11:06:26 AM PDT by general_re (Today is a day for firm decisions! Or is it?)
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To: general_re
Federal courts aren't supposed to get involved in state constitutions.
1,177 posted on 08/26/2003 11:08:50 AM PDT by inquest (We are NOT the world)
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