US Supreme Court refuses to block removal of Ten Commandments

Sean Hannity Show ^ | 8-20-03 | Sean Hannity

[Atlas Sneezed]

US Supreme Court refuses to block removal of Ten Ccommandments from Alabama courthouse.

[I still care]

I read some information to the effect that wasn't really correct.
I am trying to find the article.

Something to the effect that the workmen were supposed to put it in after the court session was over. (That would place it in the evening).

That said, I can see why the supreme court doesn't want to take it. The whole argument is illogical. After awhile, when your arguments are faulty, it gets awful hard to have your judgements make sense.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

"Now, how will they enforce this decision when the House defunded the enforcement?

A meaningless political stunt in the absence of an equally meaningless political stunt in the Senate."

That stunt you refer to is the Balance of Powers. Without the Balance of Powers, we would, and in fact are witnessing, tyranny.

[lugsoul]

Full court. That says an awful lot about the future of Moore's appeal.

[AdamSelene235]

Mentioning the trusting of God in our currency, what were the Founding Fathers thinking?

The motto was not added until 1864.

[lilylangtree]

The Supremes should review this situation carefully and finally put to rest what people think the constitution contains--a "separation of church and state" clause--which we know that it doesn't, but is relevant since the ACLU perpetrated it on the public's consciousness since the mid-40s.

[cynicalman]

Some other points others are missing. This was an action seeking a stay. There will be no prejudice or harm done by denying the stay. The issue can reach the Supreme Court on the merits, but I doubt it will go that far.

If fact the decision to deny a hearing on the stay is a conservative decision.

[OldFriend]

Moore's defiance of the law is giving the left much ammunition about 'certain' judges being unable to uphold the law against their own personal beliefs.

This Judge needs to comply immediately and make a statement to the fact that he will uphold the law despite his personal feelings in the matter.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

"He will keep on losing for good reason, and everybody knows it."

You really bought that 'separation of church and state' manure. Ate it up heartilly, I'd say.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

My prediction was that this would be a 9-0 decision. Betcha I was right.

[VRWC_minion]

The location of the ten commandments and/or its size is irrelevant to the fact that it exists in the Supreme court. The issue isn't its size. The issue is its content.

Using yoru logic Moore should be allowed to replace the monument with an exact replica of the portion of the Freize that contains Moses and the ten commandments. What do you think the shelf life of that replacement would be before the ACLU sues again ?

[HurkinMcGurkin]

Full court. That says an awful lot about the future of Moore's appeal.

Or more precisely, the lack thereof.

[kegler4]

"Now if it had been a plaque depicting two men giving each other oral sex or depicting two men engaged in sodomy the Court would mandate that the plaque remain in place."

These comments are so tiresome and so juvenile. Could you come up with something original, please? After hearing practically the same thing 532 times, it gets pretty boring.

[RoseofTexas]

And the Lord said" Hide thy word in thy heart where NO MAN can steel it or remove it"!!

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

"Moore's defiance of the law is giving the left much ammunition about 'certain' judges being unable to uphold the law against their own personal beliefs.

This Judge needs to comply immediately and make a statement to the fact that he will uphold the law despite his personal feelings in the matter."

I guess you are angry with the House and the Supreme Court as well, then. You don't believe in hypocracy, do you?

[lugsoul]

First, be clear on what the ruling today was - Moore asked for a stay of the enforcement of the order. He didn't get it at the lower court because he waited until after his time had run out to ask for it. There is no legal basis for SCOTUS to give him a stay if he didn't follow proper procedure to get one.

Second - as for the authority, why not just read the opinions. Or the 27 threads where that issue is discussed extensively.

[Auntie Mame]

I believe the Ten Commandments are specific to all Christian and Jewish faiths. They are the foundation of our laws, you know, like how it's against the law to commit murder--"Thou Shalt Not Kill," and it's against the law to steal--"Thou Shalt Not Steal."

However, since the days of Moses (he was the one who went up on a mountain and came back with these ten laws, supposedly from God), the law has blossomed into millions of volumes of books and frankly, I think we don't need the Ten Commandments anymore, they're so old fashioned. You know, I just read a 28-page, 20,000 word law review article on the meaning of the words, "foreign state." I mean, how can ten commandments, probably comprising a total of about 80 words, even compare with the learned treatise I read today?

We are surely living in interesting times, Consort.

[NutCrackerBoy]

they just refused to hear the case. They don't have to give a reason.

Of course. Like their refusal to hear the New Jersey Senate election case. I felt confident that, had they heard the case, they would slap down the Jersey court for writing election law. I feel confident that they would slap down the federal order to remove the monument.

But my confidence has been greatly shaken since Justice O'Connor jumped the shark.

[Theodore R.]

The problem is that these Supreme Court judges are strongly support and ADMIRED by most members of Congress! Impeachment of the judges is not on the beltway radar screen.

[kegler4]

"You really bought that 'separation of church and state' manure."

The man's been flat defeated everywhere he's turned. I reckon I'm not the only one.

[sport]

Who was holding a gun on you making you read it?

Do you know how to scroll past a post?