Missouri has a law that states no public funds can go to any church or religious institution. There was a state grant for playground equipment, and a Lutheran school was refused an opportunity to receive some of the taxpayer funded grant; so they sued.
The suit eventually worked its way to the Supreme Court, and in a 7 to 2 decision, the court ruled for the plaintiff. Sotomayor, and Ginsberg dissented, which is not surprising, but their reaction shows volumes about their inability to understand the Constitution, and the First Amendment.
The law preventing religious schools from public funds is a clear violation of the First Amendment.
"...Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"..."
The state of Missouri, by refusing the school the same opportunity as secular school, was punishing the school for failing to abide by the rules secularism. That's not what the First Amendment mandates, and it's tragic two Supreme Court judges can't, or won't, base their opinions on something other than politics.
Surely Ginsberg will do us all a favor and die soon, so she can be replaced by someone with a modicum of sense. It's a serious mistake to let people stay on the bench after they become senile.
ReplyDeleteGinsburg was never a good choice for a Supreme Court justice. Sotomayor, with her limited ability to understand the Constitution, was another bizarre pick for a justice.
DeleteGinsburg will probably not be long with the court. Sotomayor could be there for decades, which means decades of her erroneous understanding of the Constitution.