The following letter to the editor was sent September 8th in response to an editorial written on the 7th. Since I don't expect it to be published and since I want to make more comments in relation to the editorial, I present it tonight along with further comments.
When is the Journal Star editorial staff going to actually read the Constitution? A quote from an editorial on 9/7/05. "The wall between church and state is not as sturdy as once it was but it has not come tumbling down, either." The "wall between church and state" is a fiction created by the Supreme Court.
I challenge the editorial board, any professors from any university, or anyone else to give the Article and Section or Amendment where that phrase is used in the Constitution. Then, quote that portion of the Constitution. It won't happen because it is not in the Constitution!
I am anxiously waiting to be enlightened.
Here is another quote from the same editorial. "Indeed, this President (President Bush, my addition) gets to leave his mark on the Supreme Court in a way few have, with two appointments...." I don't know the editorial board's definition of few. I do know however that counting George W. Bush the United States has had forty two Presidents. If my count is correct, of the first forty one Presidents (I'm not counting George W. Bush because he is still in office and has not yet appointed anyone to the court who has been approved.), twenty seven (27) different Presidents have appointed at least two members to the Supreme Court. Last time I knew, 27 is more than half of 41. Can the editorial board be serious in saying that few Presidents have had the opportunity to appoint two members to the Supreme Court!?!
Perhaps they mean in recent history. Wrong again! Beginning with President Franklin D. Roosevelt who appointed eight Associate Justices and one Chief Justice, every President appointed at least two Justices to the court with the exceptions of Jimmy Carter who did not appoint anyone and Gerald Ford who appointed one although Mr. Ford served less than four years. From Roosevelt to Clinton, that is eleven Presidents. Nine out of the eleven Presidents have appointed at least two members to the Supreme Court.
I wish the editorial board would learn the facts before they write!
On the same day that the editorial appeared, the Journal Star ran an advertisement for a curriculum package entitled "The Constitution & First Amendment Curriculum Package." I would suggest that before the editorial staff writes another editorial in relation to the Constitution that every member be required to take and pass that course. Learn what you are writing about before you write about it!
When is the Journal Star editorial staff going to actually read the Constitution? A quote from an editorial on 9/7/05. "The wall between church and state is not as sturdy as once it was but it has not come tumbling down, either." The "wall between church and state" is a fiction created by the Supreme Court.
I challenge the editorial board, any professors from any university, or anyone else to give the Article and Section or Amendment where that phrase is used in the Constitution. Then, quote that portion of the Constitution. It won't happen because it is not in the Constitution!
I am anxiously waiting to be enlightened.
Here is another quote from the same editorial. "Indeed, this President (President Bush, my addition) gets to leave his mark on the Supreme Court in a way few have, with two appointments...." I don't know the editorial board's definition of few. I do know however that counting George W. Bush the United States has had forty two Presidents. If my count is correct, of the first forty one Presidents (I'm not counting George W. Bush because he is still in office and has not yet appointed anyone to the court who has been approved.), twenty seven (27) different Presidents have appointed at least two members to the Supreme Court. Last time I knew, 27 is more than half of 41. Can the editorial board be serious in saying that few Presidents have had the opportunity to appoint two members to the Supreme Court!?!
Perhaps they mean in recent history. Wrong again! Beginning with President Franklin D. Roosevelt who appointed eight Associate Justices and one Chief Justice, every President appointed at least two Justices to the court with the exceptions of Jimmy Carter who did not appoint anyone and Gerald Ford who appointed one although Mr. Ford served less than four years. From Roosevelt to Clinton, that is eleven Presidents. Nine out of the eleven Presidents have appointed at least two members to the Supreme Court.
I wish the editorial board would learn the facts before they write!
On the same day that the editorial appeared, the Journal Star ran an advertisement for a curriculum package entitled "The Constitution & First Amendment Curriculum Package." I would suggest that before the editorial staff writes another editorial in relation to the Constitution that every member be required to take and pass that course. Learn what you are writing about before you write about it!
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