To: general_re
The only mention in Lemon of the 14th amendment was right at the beginning: "Both statutes are challenged as violative of the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment." Absolutely nothing beyond that throughout the entire ruling that makes any reference to it at all. Abington makes a few more references to it, but nothing beyond the level of "their rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments". In short, neither of these two rulings shed any light whatsoever on how Moore's action abridged anyone's privileges or immunities, deprived anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, or denied anybody the equal protection of the laws.
995 posted on
08/22/2003 11:35:57 AM PDT by
inquest
(We are NOT the world)
To: inquest
In short, neither of these two rulings shed any light whatsoever on how Moore's action abridged anyone's privileges or immunities, deprived anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, or denied anybody the equal protection of the laws. Well, of course not - Roy Moore wasn't the issue in those cases ;)
For that, you need to read the trial court and appellate decisions, particularly their explanation of how he ran afoul of the Lemon test...
1,010 posted on
08/22/2003 11:51:50 AM PDT by
general_re
(A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.)
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