Brad Pardee wrote:
- Original Message - From: "Steve Klemetti"
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I don't think it would be because it sounds treasonous or something
like that. When one
governing body goes against the orders of a higher court, then that
first body is violating
the constitution by
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You may be right that most such political
actors don't do this *independently* of a desire to promote the faith. But
as we agree, McCreary doesn't claim that having a desire to promote the faith by
itself taints the purpose. What if someone has both a desire to protest
t
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It is implausible because no political
actor wants to do this independently of either wanting to promote the faith
or believing that a substantial block of his constituents want him to promote
the faith. There is simply no motivation sufficient to overcome inertia
independent
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I say not implausible because I
think it's very likely that many government officials sincerely disapprove of
the Supreme Court decisions, and sincerely want to educate the public on the
historical evidence that leads them to disapprove of it. They may also be
quite happy
Even setting aside the rather overwrought charge of treason, is
this even civil disobedience? It would only be that if the Court were
to conclude that such a display is unconstitutional. And therein lies
the question: When the government's primary purpose is to convey its
disagreement wi
- Original Message -
From: "Steve Klemetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I don't think it would be because it sounds treasonous or something like
that. When one
governing body goes against the orders of a higher court, then that first
body is violating
the constitution by that action. If the pe
"not implausible"?
OK, so imagine that certain public elementary and
secondary schools, notwithstanding Engle and Schempp and
Santa Fe, continue to engage in prayer before classes and football
games (indeed, I've been told that such practices do, in fact, continue in
many school district
Volokh, Eugene wrote:
Say that a City Council mounts a display of historical American
documents that have religious themes -- say, the ones cited in Justice
Scalia's McCreary dissent -- with an introductory posting that says:
"The City Council of [name] condemns the Supreme Court's decis
Say that a City Council mounts a display of historical American
documents that have religious themes -- say, the ones cited in Justice
Scalia's McCreary dissent -- with an introductory posting that says:
"The City Council of [name] condemns the Supreme Court's decisions
striking down the di
