[Abe Froman]

The 1st Amendment reads "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

#1: Judge Moore is not Congress, he is free to do that which Congress may not do under the 1st Amendment.

#2: Putting a monument showing the Ten Commandments does not constitute "establishing religion" or "abridging the free excersize thereof". No one is being compelled to worship anyone or anything or is being prevented from doing the same. No one is even compelled to read the text of the monument. It can be freely ignored and/or disregarded.

[Labyrinthos]

The 1st Amendment reads "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

#1: Judge Moore is not Congress, he is free to do that which Congress may not do under the 1st Amendment.

Please go back to "remedial constitutional law." Its a real challenge to have an intelligent conversation with people who don't even have the most basic understanding of our constitutional jurisprudence.