Bill Would Bar Courts From Pledge Rulings

[SammyBlue]

House OKs bill guarding Pledge from courts

By JIM ABRAMS
Associated Press Writer
42 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The House, citing the nation's religious origins, voted Wednesday to protect the Pledge of Allegiance from federal judges who might try to stop schoolchildren and others from reciting it because of the phrase "under God."

The legislation, a priority of social conservatives, passed 260-167. It now goes to the Senate where its future is uncertain.

"We should not and cannot rewrite history to ignore our spiritual heritage," said Rep. Zach Wamp (news, bio, voting record), R-Tenn. "It surrounds us. It cries out for our country to honor God."

Opponents said the legislation, which would bar federal courts from ruling on the constitutional validity of the pledge, would undercut judicial independence and would deny access to federal courts to religious minorities seeking to defend their rights.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060719/ap_on_go_co/pledge_protection

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS BULLSHIT??? More pandering to the Freeper base!

[Master Mahon]

1. Can the legislative branch bar

the courts from reviewing the constitutionality of anything?
My guess would be no but nothing surprises me any more.

[MadHound]

2. How is this legislation even constitutional?

Sorry, but Congress can't bar the judiciary from reviewing ANY matter of law and constitutionality. Wonder how long before somebody sticks this POS legislation into a court somewhere to watch it die.

Then again, we're living under Bushco, and anything is possible:banghead: