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RECENTLY, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Ten Commandments monument that sits on the grounds of the Texas state capital is indeed constitutional. The monument had been donated by the Fraternal Order of Eagles more than 40 years ago to provide our nation’s young people with rules of good and proper conduct. However, one disgruntled citizen, Thomas Van Orden, filed a suit against the monument claiming its presence was bothersome to him. The court’s opinion explained, “Even those who would see the Decalogue as wise counsel born of man’s experience rather than as divinely inspired religious teaching...

Rep. Chip Pickering, R-Miss., introduces Safeguarding Our Religious Liberties Act to restrict federal courts from ruling on Commandments, Pledge and national motto. The fight against judicial tyranny picked up steam Thursday when a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives to prohibit federal courts from ruling on constitutional challenges to the display of the Ten Commandments, recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and the mere existence of the national motto.U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering, R-Miss., is the chief sponsor of the Safeguarding Our Religious Liberties Act, the mirror image of a Senate bill introduced this summer by Sen. Wayne Allard,...