House Moves to Protect ('Under God' in) Pledge From Courts

[Kadie]

House Moves to Protect Pledge From Courts

By JIM ABRAMS
The Associated Press
Wednesday, July 19, 2006; 10:35 AM

WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives Wednesday took up legislation to shield the "under God" phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance from federal court rulings that would remove it.

The pledge protection act, expected to pass over mainly Democratic opposition, is part of the House GOP's "American values agenda" that House Speaker Dennis Hastert said would "defend America's founding principles." Another part of that agenda, a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, was defeated in the House on Tuesday.

The pledge bill, sponsored by Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., would deny jurisdiction to federal courts, and appellate jurisdiction to the Supreme Court, to decide questions pertaining to the interpretation or constitutionality of the Pledge. State court could still decide whether the pledge is valid within the state.

The legislation grew out of a 2002 ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the pledge is unconstitutional when recited in public schools.

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[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Yes, this is the most pressing issue facing our nation today.

Could those idiots POSSIBLY spin their wheels any more?!?

[Freedom_from_Chains]

7. Hey, they have to keep the fundies ginned up and frothing at the

mouth. It's still a long way to the election and the fundies attention span is so short that we will be seeing a lot of these until November. After that it will all drop off and we'll simply go back to the main issue of world conquest.

[Ioo]

2. How can they do this - this sounds real wrong to stip Jud out of something

How can they just dismiss this as something the Judicial can not look at? What next?

[Robbien]

3. The GOP fiddling while Rome burns

and the WaPo reports it as if this is legitmate government.

[rodeodance]

4. I do not understand how congress can do this?

......The pledge bill, sponsored by Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., would deny jurisdiction to federal courts, and appellate jurisdiction to the Supreme Court, to decide questions pertaining to the interpretation or constitutionality of the Pledge. State court could still decide whether the pledge is valid within the state.

[rodeodance]

5. ----is part of the House GOP's "American values agenda"-----

[Virginia Dare]

6. How many sick old people or starving children will this help?

How many dead soldiers will this bring back?

How will this help with the trillions of dollars in U.S. government debt?

How many jobs will this create?

How many roads, hospitals, schools, libraries, daycare centers and parks will this maintain or create?

Heck uv a job, Congress!

:grr:

[terrya]

8. Thank goodness they know their priorities

You know, as I was walking to work early this morning, and I saw some people lying in the doorways of buildings downtown here, realizing the horrible problem of homelessness in such a wealthy country as the United States of America, it's SO heartening that our "leaders" in Washington is trying to take care of the REAL problems facing us today.

[Metta]

9. Everything they value is unAmerican.

So sad when they conviently trot that out to justify their twisted actions.