Posted by AuntieMel on April 5, 2006, at 10:58:04
In reply to Public Expression of Religion Act , H.R. 2679, posted by deirdrehbrt on March 26, 2006, at 0:51:00
I posted this last year, but it still bears watching.
The more frightening bill is House bill 1070 (Senate bill 520)
It's posing as the tame sounding "Constitution Restoration Act of 2005"
It removes the right of the supreme court to take *any* church/state case. And it wipes out 200+ years of legal precidents.
The summary:
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Constitution Restoration Act of 2005 -Amends the Federal judicial code to prohibit the U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal district courts from exercising jurisdiction over any matter in which relief is sought against an entity of Federal, State, or local government or an officer or agent of such government concerning that entity's, officer's, or agent's acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government.
Prohibits a court of the United States from relying upon any law, policy, or other action of a foreign state or international organization in interpreting and applying the Constitution, other than English constitutional and common law up to the time of adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
Provides that any Federal court decision relating to an issue removed from Federal jurisdiction by this Act is not binding precedent on State courts.
Provides that any Supreme Court justice or Federal court judge who exceeds the jurisdictional limitations of this Act shall be deemed to have committed an offense for which the justice or judge may be removed, and to have violated the standard of good behavior required of Article III judges by the Constitution.
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