Final Protective Fire

Thursday, June 27, 2002

 

I find the Ninth Circuit decision on the Pledge of Allegiance outrageous, but certainly not out of any religious fervor. The decision is just yet another example of the ludicrous way in which as a nation we've allowed the judiciary to involve itself in areas of our cultural and political life in which the courts simply do not belong.

However, consider the hypocrisy of a court system that would claim that the Establishment Clause ( "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" ) - a provision that prohibited the Federal government from creating a national church like the Church of England - prohibits putting "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance but claims that the Second Amendment ( "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" ) allows the government to ban people from purchasing infantry arms most suitable to militia use.

Some other random thoughts on the Pledge decision:

Evidently, the case is an example of a parent claiming to sue on behalf of his child for the purpose of getting attention for his own pet cause as the child in question prefers the "under God" formula.

It was hilarious to see Tom Daschle move his lame butt to get a resolution condemning the decision heard and adopted in the Senate since he knows the Democrats will be blamed for the kind of judges that produce this embarrassing decision. Maybe now we can get some media attention on the outrageous behavior of Daschle and Leahy in holding up judicial nominations.

Robin 9:29 AM