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Area Supreme Court Justice Doesn’t Understand the Constitution

Written by SK Ashby

It's not entirely clear what Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is trying to say here, but it appears he's saying the separation of church and state was just a suggestion or a myth.

Scalia spoke at Archbishop Rummel High School in Louisana on Saturday where he said the Constitution doesn't say the government cannot favor religion.

That was never the case historically, he said. It didn't become the law of the land until the 60s, Scalia said, when he said activist judges attempted to resolve the question of government support of religion by imposing their own abstract rule rather than simply observing common practice.

If people want strict prohibition against government endorsement of religion, let them vote on it, he said. "Don't cram it down the throats of an American people that has always honored God on the pretext that the Constitution requires it."

Citing a quotation attributed to former French President Charles de Gaulle, Scalia said "'God takes care of little children, drunkards and the United States of America.'" Scalia then added, "I think that's true. God has been very good to us. One of the reasons God has been good to us is that we have done him honor."

Who the what now?

"God" was explicitly omitted from our nation's founding and the First Amendment is quite clear. Scalia is apparently saying the intent of our founders and the Constitution should be ignored because of tradition.

Imagine if that standard was applied to every law. If that were the case, we'd still have "traditional marriage."

There's no doubt in my mind that a majority right wing Supreme Court nominated by the likes of Donald Trump or Ted Cruz would be a nightmare for America. A nightmare with a lifetime appointment.