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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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By DAVID KRAVETS, Associated Press Writer 10 minutes ago

A federal judge declared the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in
public schools unconstitutional Wednesday in a case brought by the same
atheist whose previous battle against the words "under God" was rejected
by the U.S. Supreme Court on procedural grounds.

U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton


A liberal California judge. I really wish that the state of California
would either secede from the union...or crumble into the sea during the next
earthquake. They are completely out of touch with the rest of America.

I take exception to that - since I live here. And you cannot criticize
those that hope terrorist hit red states, if you are going to trun
around and wish biblical level disaster on a blue one.

California is not, overall, as liberal as most people think. The two
major population centers of L.A. and San Francisco are very liberal -
S.F. is off the chart on the left. But the rest of the state is pretty
mainstream. Most of the liberal in the state legislature have to admit
that they are more liberal than the population.

California's problem is a poorly run republican party. It takes Arnold
Schwartzenegger to get the republican vote out. There are initiatives
that never would have passed if the state was deeply left. Prop 22 -
the ban on gay marriage - is an example. Passed with over 60% of the
vote five years ago.

Prop 13 is still the still a holy grail for a majority in this state...
Many will talk up how terrible it was... But you put them behind the
curtain in the voting booth and they vote to keep it.

Californians, like people just about anywhere else, will vote to spend
a whole lot of other people's money. Tax the rich initiatives are easy
because "the rich" don't get more votes - so voters can easily pass
something if they think they aren't paying for it.

This will now go to the liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals...where they'll
hurry it along to the Supreme Court in the hopes that it will be heard
before the court's vacancies are filled.

Fat chance. This will take months to get past the 9th circus, then
months to be heard by the SCOTUS. Bush could put three people on the
supreme bench by the time they hear this case. The only thing that may
be hurried are temporary orders as to whether Elk Grove and other
district have to stop the pledge during the process.