Yastreblyansky: Another attack on the Second Founding. It's as a consequence of the 13th and 14th Amendments that the Bill of Rights (including the Establishment Clause of the First) has been incorporated into state laws since the 1860s. The True Conservatives don't really accept Amendments 13 and up.

So, even within Christianity, the Ten Commandments aren't precisely the same across traditions — the text is translated and even *numbered* differently. This law appears to mandate the KJV version — a Bible translation entire Christian traditions reject. apnews.com/article/loui...

The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into lawapnews.com Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom. Republican Gov.

These criticisms came up when Texas lawmakers tried (and failed) to pass a similar bill last year, with Jewish leaders also noting that, among other criticisms, they strongly objected to mandating a Christian Bible translation of a text written in Hebrew. religionnews.com/2023/04/24/i...

In Texas, Republicans push bills aimed at enhancing faith's role in schoolreligionnews.com (RNS) — Cantor Sheri Allen, co-founder of the Jewish congregation Makom Shelanu, called the bills a “blatant violation of the separation of church and state.”

Legal challenges are likely to come fast and furious here, but worth noting: at least two Supreme Court justices — Thomas and Gorsuch — have voiced support for the (highly disputed) idea that while the U.S. can't establish a religion, an individual state can. religionnews.com/2020/10/22/w...

How Amy Coney Barrett could change the Supreme Court’s balance on religious libertyreligionnews.com WASHINGTON (RNS) — Micah Schwartzman, a professor at University of Virginia School of Law, said Barrett could end up furthering an understanding of the First Amendment he finds ‘quite disturbing.’

Another attack on the Second Founding. It's as a consequence of the 13th and 14th Amendments that the Bill of Rights (including the Establishment Clause of the First) has been incorporated into state laws since the 1860s. The True Conservatives don't really accept Amendments 13 and up.

They especially hate #14 and its application in the latter half of the 20th century - killing that jurisprudence by a thousand specious cuts is the next brass ring in RW legal circles

Yep--though the capitalists really care more about #16.

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