Submitted by Jonathan P. Cherry, Apr 21, 2007 02:55

I certainly hope this is a new trend on the court. It is high time they questioned from whence the "Blessings of Liberty" in the Constitution's Preamble derive.

Remember, Amendment I simply states, concerning religion, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."

Thus, the members of the court are free to allow their religious sentiments and beliefs to affect their judgments. Religion helps to maintain stability and order, and, for those who believe, is viewed in terms indescribable in the space I have here. I personally despise this reinterpretation and devolution of the congressional limitation to legislating a national religious establishment to the use of any religious factor to all departments funded by congress, and the federal government entirely. It is a gross misinterpretation of the law, and I welcome the fresh perspective. The last fifty years have been just abominable jurisprudentially.

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