US House votes for theocracy
The House just voted to bar federal courts from hearing Pledge of Allegiance cases. Aside from the sheer inanity of grandstanding for God and country instead of solving pressing issues that affect people’s lives (say, oh, the Iraq war, health care, minimum wage), this is a frontal assault on the Constitutional separation of powers.
Contrary to conservatives’ propaganda, the courts do not exist to rubberstamp the legislature or referenda. They exist to interpret cases in view of the law, and the law in view of Constitutional principles. This is Civics 101, which apparently many a member of Congress slept through. Seeking to limit matters that may be brought before the courts is the beginning of a slippery slope towards theocracy. (Side note: isn’t it funny how the conservatives uttered not one peep about the “activist judges” who ruled against gay marriage in New York and Georgia?)
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Matthew 6:5