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Old 06-26-2002, 12:04 PM   #81
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<strong>I wonder if the Fundie-In-Chief is going to make a statement about this.</strong>
FOX is showing clips of him saying the Pledge with his hand over his heart with a bunch of adoring schoolchildren flocking around him.
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Old 06-26-2002, 12:05 PM   #82
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Does this ruling take effect immediately? I mean, will American kids be skipping "under god" tomorrow morning?

[I forgot. The kids aren't going to school tomorrow ]

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Old 06-26-2002, 12:06 PM   #83
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Overturning the SF ruling would fly in the face of some of their previous rulings.
Precisely. The entire opinion is based upon Supreme Court precedent. The (partial) dissent is lame, with some vague references to the marvelous immensity of the universe. The dissenter sounds more like the West Coast flake.
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Old 06-26-2002, 12:08 PM   #84
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Old 06-26-2002, 12:08 PM   #85
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I forsee a whole lotta conservative cognitive dissonance.
I'm willing to bet we won't see it from the Supremes, though. I could be wrong, but Scalia has been pretty consistent in his conservative principles. And Thomas seems to always vote along with him.

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Old 06-26-2002, 12:09 PM   #86
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halla-fucking-luya

of course the supremes will strike it down, but for one brief shining moment, reason and the law reign supreme in the land.

Now about that national motto, oh yeah, git yer god of'n my money too.
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Old 06-26-2002, 12:09 PM   #87
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<strong>Does this ruling take effect immediately? I mean, will American kids be skipping "under god" tomorrow morning?</strong>
If I read correctly, the appeals court remanded, which means they sent it back to the lower court to be retried (or re-decisioned) with the caveat that the decision that was just overturned cannot be rendered again. So no, as of now there is no official ruling, just that the rejection of the plaintiff's case is not the correct ruling.
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Remeber those T-Shirts that said "I agree with Mike" because he got a big hard-on for Jesus? I've never seen them but some of you guys saw them around you colleges, it was some Campus Crusade bullshit. Anyway, I think we should make up some shirts that say "I agree with Micheal Newdow." I know I'd buy one.

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Great, I vote on CNN and I get the window with the results in a couple of seconds. I vote on FOX and the results window is still processing. <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
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OK, so how does this play out? Let's assume that the decision stands (SC either upholds it or refuses to hear an appeal), does this mean that the original version of the Pledge will be recited in schools (which I have no problem with) or is the Pledge in both forms entirely out the window?
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