Court Won't Reinstate Prayer at School

[CShine]

WASHINGTON - Two of the Supreme Court's most conservative members delivered an unusual public rebuke to more liberal justices Monday, accusing them of ducking an important church-state fight over mealtime prayers at a taxpayer-funded military college.

Justice Antonin Scalia, joined by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, said the court should have taken the case to answer for the first time whether its ban on school-sponsored prayer for young children and high schoolers applies to college students as well. Scalia delivered a polite but blunt critique of what he suggested are flimsy reasons for avoiding an appeal on behalf of the Virginia Military Institute, the only military college that is part of a state university system.

The VMI case also gave the court an opportunity to rule on the constitutionality of traditional religious observance in military institutions, Scalia said.

"The weighty questions raised by petitioners ... deserve this court's attention," he wrote in protest.

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[freetobegay]

1. Fuck Scalia & Rehnquist

Nuff said.

[CO Liberal]

2. The Only Weighty Question I See Here Is As Follows:

"Why are Scalia, Rehnquist, and Thomas on that Court?"

[AndyTiedye]

3. Is Conflict-of-Interest Impeachable?

I mean when it is totally blatant, and it is pointed out repeatedly,
and the justice in question refuses to recuse himself.

I am talking about Scalia and Cheney, of course.