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Rach3
What with yesterday's legalization of warrantless writetaps, torture, arbitrary detentions, and a suspension of habeas corpus, I completely overlooked yet another constitution-desecrating bill. Thanks to http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/WN06/wn092906.html [Broken] for pointing this out.
Senate is yet to vote on it, apparently.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/29/AR2006092901055.htmlLegislating Violations of the Constitution
By Erwin Chemerinsky
Special to washingtonpost.com
Saturday, September 30, 2006; 12:00 AM
With little public attention or even notice, the House of Representatives has passed a bill that undermines enforcement of the First Amendment's separation of church and state. The Public Expression of Religion Act - H.R. 2679 - provides that attorneys who successfully challenge government actions as violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment shall not be entitled to recover attorneys fees. The bill has only one purpose: to prevent suits challenging unconstitutional government actions advancing religion...
...For instance, a lawyer who successfully challenged unconstitutional prayers in schools or unconstitutional symbols on religious property or impermissible aid to religious groups would -- under the bill -- not be entitled to recover attorneys' fees. The bill, if enacted, would treat suits to enforce the Establishment Clause different from litigation to enforce all of the other provisions of the Constitution and federal civil rights statutes.
Senate is yet to vote on it, apparently.
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