This legislation will put judges under God - did you even know it's there?

[cyberpj]

I didn't.

Introducing The Constitution Restoration Act
Say Hello To Taliban America And Goodbye To Godless Judges, Courts And Law

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Just in case you've briefly fallen behind on your rightwing mailing lists, you might have missed the March 3rd filing of Senate bill S. 520 and House version is H.R. 1070, AKA the "Constitution Restoration Act" (CRA).

In the worshipful words of the Conservative Caucus, this historic legislation will "RESTORE OUR CONSTITUTION!", mainly by barring ANY federal court or judge from ever again reviewing "any matter to the extent that relief is sought against an entity of Federal, State, or local government, or against an officer or agent of Federal, State, or local government (whether or not acting in official or personal capacity), concerning that entity's, officer's, or agent's acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government."

In other words, the bill ensures that God's divine word (and our infallible leaders' interpretation thereof) will hereafter trump all our pathetic democratic notions about freedom, law and rights -- and our courts can't say a thing. This, of course, will take "In God We Trust" to an entirely new level, because soon He (and His personally anointed political elite) will be all the legal recourse we have left.

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http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=104&ItemID=7569

[Atman]

1. The law is STILL unconstitutional, and a judge can STILL say so!

That is the way the CONSTITUTION works! It matters not what the legislature thinks it can do...the courts still have the power to rule the law unconstitutional. Now, if the Republicans think they can get this bullshit written into a Constitutional Amendment, I wish they'd make a go of it. On the heals of the Schiavo case, it would be a lovely pile of turds for them to step in...soil both shoes.

[Pushed To The Left]

2. Here is a petition to oppose this bill!

http://www.petitiononline.com/hr3799/petition.html

[cyberpj]

3. Thanks. And I'm already writing all my congressionals. eom.