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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn Landmark Decision, Supreme Court Strikes Down Main Reason Country Was Started
In what legal experts are calling a landmark decision, on Monday the United States Supreme Court struck down what many believe to be the main reason the country was started.
By a five-to-four vote, the Court eliminated what grade-school children have traditionally been taught was one of the key rationales for founding the United States in the first place.
The separation of church and state has been a cornerstone of American democracy for over two hundred years, said Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority. Getting rid of it was long overdue.
Calling the decision historic, Justice Antonin Scalia was guarded in predicting what the Court might accomplish next.
Last year, we gutted the Voting Rights Act, and today we did the First Amendment, he said. Well just have to see whats left.
By a five-to-four vote, the Court eliminated what grade-school children have traditionally been taught was one of the key rationales for founding the United States in the first place.
The separation of church and state has been a cornerstone of American democracy for over two hundred years, said Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority. Getting rid of it was long overdue.
Calling the decision historic, Justice Antonin Scalia was guarded in predicting what the Court might accomplish next.
Last year, we gutted the Voting Rights Act, and today we did the First Amendment, he said. Well just have to see whats left.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2014/05/in-landmark-decision-supreme-court-strikes-down-main-reason-country-was-started.html
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In Landmark Decision, Supreme Court Strikes Down Main Reason Country Was Started (Original Post)
HomerRamone
May 2014
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The Hobby Lobby case will be the final nail in the coffin of Sep. of Church and State.
blkmusclmachine
May 2014
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Excellent piece, that's been posted a couple times already. Here's one with 31 recs and counting:
Electric Monk
May 2014
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blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)1. The Hobby Lobby case will be the final nail in the coffin of Sep. of Church and State.
deathrind
(1,786 posts)2. The Supreme Court has lost any reverence
...of impartiality which will eventually lead to it being irrelevant.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)3. Excellent piece, that's been posted a couple times already. Here's one with 31 recs and counting: