A Radical Assault on the Constitution

[kentuck]

Just how "radical" is this Republican Congress?? The NYTimes gives a hint.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/24/opinion/24sat2.html

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Majorities that are frustrated when courts stand up for minority rights have occasionally tried to strip them of the power to do so. This week, the House voted to deny the federal courts the ability to decide a key constitutional issue involving gay marriage. Such a law would upset the system of checks and balances and threaten all minority groups. It is critical that the Senate reject it.

The Marriage Protection Act, which was passed by the House, 233-to-194, would bar federal courts from hearing challenges to parts of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. That law says states do not need to recognize same-sex marriages conducted in other states. Gay marriage opponents fear that the courts will hold that this violates the constitutional requirement that states recognize the legal actions of other states.

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This radical approach would allow Congress to revoke the courts' ability to guard constitutional freedoms of all kinds. And although gays are the subject of this bill, other minority groups could easily find themselves the target of future ones.

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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. My con-man is one of the creeps shredding the Constitution

Not only is he a supporter of MPA, but he's trying to get a law passed that will allow churches to keep their tax-exempt status while the preachers shill for Bush. Called him on both topics-I'm sure my protests were dumped in the waste basket as soon as I was off the phone.