Town of Greece

There are days when I feel like a stranger in my own country.  Today is one of them.

Comments

[Patrick S. O'Donnell]

That makes at least two of us.

[Jimbino]

I find it curious that the prayer "God save the United States and ..." could be justified on the basis that it "lends gravity" to the proceedings. This totally begs the question, which is, "What the hell does religion have to do with gravity or anything else that's real or important"? Religion and the prayer that supports it should be seen to be no more than a superstition, the opposite of "gravity."

[jpc2119]

Whether or not you agree with her substantively, Justice Kagan's writing is superb.

[Rick Garnett]

This post, Eric, reminds me of a really nice book that my teacher, Robert Burt, wrote called "The Constitution in Conflict". The point, if I remember was that the Court needs to play it's role in a way that avoids alienating those who "lose." Steven Smith has made the point that Justice Kennedy is particularly bad about this, as is the "endorsement" test. I think a number of us find ourselves reacting "is this still my country?" to Court decisions (but different ones - Town of Greece seems right, in the result, to me but Roe etc. make me feel like a stranger. Is there any way to avoid this, I wonder?

[Barry]

I'm puzzled - in this decision, Thomas stated that he didn't think that the first amendment applied to the states; but in Citizens United, he applied it.

[Concerned_Citizen]

"I'm puzzled - in this decision, Thomas stated that he didn't think that the first amendment applied to the states; but in Citizens United, he applied it."

Joke?