Welcome, Sed, to the Free Republic!
I hope you find what you're looking for here.
Judging from your posts in the forums, you have some points to make, notably on the issue of church and state.
While I encourage you to keep an open mind, I certainly don't wish to discourage you from speaking it.
I share your concerns about theocracy, but the "Alabama Supreme Court Ten Commandments Case" is really a matter of federal versus state jurisdiction.
Thus while I do not support promotion of any religion at public expense, I object far more to the abuse and overextension of federal judicial powers into the realm of the extralegal.
There is no sound basis in federal law or the U.S. Constitution for a judge to order the removal of the monument from the Alabama supreme courthouse. It is judicial fiat, pure and simple, and therefore illegal.
Placement of the monument was also judicial fiat, but, unlike the federal order, is not in violation of law.
The most dangerous implementation of theocracy in this case is that of the Church of Judicial Legislation, which is based on the belief that federal judges may issue rulings without a basis in law. Even the majority of the U.S. Supreme Court numbers among its members.
It is a false church and a dangerous cult, and needs to be debunked, and its members removed from the arbitrarily-elevated positions of power from which they issue their baseless decrees.
Congress has the power of impeachment of federal judges who abuse their authority. I suggest they start using it.
Hey! How's it going? I've been lurking since the days of Impeachment, but finally got around to registering.
Thus while I do not support promotion of any religion at public expense, I object far more to the abuse and overextension of federal judicial powers into the realm of the extralegal.
I think you're absolutely right. Fortunately, the district court's injunction against Judge Moore abusing his office and establishing a religious observance was firmly based in the United States Constitution and a hundred years of constitutional jurisprudence. The federal courts have the power to uphold the federal civil rights of Alabamans, specifically, the right not to have the Book of Exodus imposed upon them.
It's certainly very dangerous for Judge Moore to invent the power to declare that the Book of Exodus is valid law in Alabama, and I'm glad to see the feds stepping in to overrule Moore's judicial fiat - and that his colleagues were willing to restrain his overreach.