politics @lemmy.world jeffw @lemmy.world 5 mo. ago

Louisiana governor who said 'I can't wait to be sued' over Ten Commandments law gets his wish

lawandcrime.com Louisiana governor who said 'I can't wait to be sued' over Ten Commandments law gets his wish

The ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of Louisiana families to challenge what it called a "blatantly unconstitutional" new state law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every classroom.

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He wants it to go all the way to the supreme court so they can rule in his favor and further erode the separation of church and state. Fuck these assholes and this timeline...
- Honestly, I can't see how SCOTUS could rule in his favour. The US constitution clearly states that there is a seperation between church and state. For SCOTUS to rule in his favour would require them overturning the constitution itself.
  
  Two things:
  
  Separation of Church and State is not codified into law
  
  And
  
  1A specifically says "Congress shall pass no law respecting any religion". They'll say this law was passed by a state, not congress. Ipso facto, they rule in his favor.
  
  For SCOTUS to rule in his favour would require them overturning the constitution itself.
  
  Nah, all they'd have to do is make up a bullshit interpretation that fits the political opinions of them and their billionaire friends. That's basically what the majority of them are there for to begin with.
  
  The Constitution also clearly states that anyone who breaks their oath of office to commit treason against the country shall not hold political office unless cleared by 2/3rds majority in Congress. It's time to admit that the rules are all made up and the Constitution doesn't matter.
  
  The SCOTUS is thoroughly corrupt. We have three sitting justices who have been exposed as accepting bribes from parties with matters before the court, and we have two that are known to have committed perjury during their confirmation hearings.
  
  There is zero accountability or recourse. We no longer live in a country with a rule of law.
  
  I agree with this. I dont think this one was thought through. We shall see what the illegitimate court thinks. If they agree with him that should be our final line as a people.
  
  The Constitution is just an interpretation of the teachings of the Founding Fathers. SCOTUS is the only body that has a direct line of communication to the Founding Fathers. We can rely on them to convey to the masses what the Founding Fathers truly intended.
  
  (I think this is sarcasm, but I wouldn't be surprised if they used this logic)
  
  Maybe youth weren't paying attention to the Dobbs decision where they ignored the 9th amendment entirely and half of the 14th.
  
  The SCOTUS ruling on college loan forgiveness they simply said "we know the law explicitly says that you can do this but we don't like it so, no and we're not actually justifying this decision with any kind of criteria"
  
  Why would Robert's Supreme Court care about the Constitution?
  
  The Constitution specifically states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" which is probably going to mean SCOTUS will rule that it's okay because it's a STATE Congress and not the federal Congress specifically called out in the Constitution making a law respecting the establishment of a religion. This seems like a solid letter of the law but not the spirit sort of reading that christofacists want.
  
  The US constitution clearly states that there is a seperation between church and state.
  
  Unfortunately, I don't believe you'll find that wording in the constitution.
- Exactly right... what should happen is that the Satanic Church, any Islam denomination, the Spaghetti Monster, etc should all start putting up their own billboards everywhere...
  
  While SCOTUS is compromised, there is no point in playing their game
  
  Just a heads up The Satanic Temple are the righteous group that litigates all these radical zealots. They don't believe in a literal Satan unlike the Church of Satan.
- Damnit Abed. Do not roll the dice.
Once they start allowing exceptions to separation of church and state it also tears down the door of free speech and allows people to be prosecuted for blasphemy or whatever nonsense actual witch hunting
Hey kids! There are lots of fun ways to break the 1st Commandment!

List of some random gods in order of importance

Asherah

Her husband Yahweh
- I suggest we all start revering Ahura Mazda.
  
  Zoom zoom
I can't Wait until the Supreme Court makes it LEGAL to Force Schools to post Satanic Text in EVERY classroom!
- What about my religion? We have core tenants to existence...
  
  1: Thou shall not bitch about what thou finds out, after thou fucketh around.
  
  2: Thy Lord and Savior hath empowered thou to skip school and throw rocks at parked luxury SUVs without consequence.
  
  3: Any other religious commandment system preceding or proceeding this system are an affront to thy mental sovereign, and must be vandalized or destroyed before any other task can be done.
If this goes the way he wants, he’ll also get the Seven Tenets everywhere the Ten Commandments are.
- There's so many religions and so many rules. Let's just post them all.
  
  We can create a new one with all of the rules!
  
  You may be on to something, there…
  
  https://www.myarklamiss.com/louisiana-news/religious-leader-wants-to-display-indian-scriptures-in-louisiana-public-classrooms/

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