Posted on 08/04/2002 11:55:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:56:04 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
New research on Thomas Jefferson's "wall of separation" between church and state shows that Jefferson never intended it to be the iron curtain of today, which instead was built on anti-Catholic legal views in the 1940s.
Though the new scholarship has received good reviews for exploding a "Jeffersonian myth" about a wall against religion, others say it is too late to tear down a barrier that Americans feel comfortable with.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
What part of "Congress shall pass no law" do they not understand?
The courts aren't interested in properly interpreting the Constitution. They decide what they want to rule, then work backwards to support their argument. The "separation" ruling is blatant, but Roe V. Wade was probably the worst Supreme Court decision ever rendered, from a legal standpoint. They couldn't even decide whether it rested with the 4th amendment "privacy" clause (which also doesn't exist) or the 14th amendment "equal protection" clause.
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