House cynically votes to thwart constitution

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House Votes to Protect Pledge From Courts

By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - In a vote with election-year consequences, the House sought to assure that God's 50-year place in the Pledge of Allegiance will be safe from federal court challenges.

The bill, approved on a 247-173 vote Thursday, would prevent federal courts, including the Supreme Court, from ruling on whether the words "under God" should be stricken from the pledge.

The legislation drew strong protests from Democrats who said they want "under God" to remain but viewed the measure as an unconstitutional attack on the judicial branch. They said it was meant mainly to force them into a controversial vote just six weeks before the election.





I learned enough in my middle school social studies class to know you can't make a law barring courts from hearing a case, especially the supreme court. How can elected officials be this cynical and show this much disrespect for the constitution and look at themsleves in the mirror. Where's the damn bottom? If they thought they could get away with tearing the heads of old women and screwing them on the house floor and it would get a few votes, wouldn't it be enough to stop them that it's wrong to tear off old women's heads and screw them on the house floor?