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Interesting.. Brownback is the same that is part of the Constitution Restoration Act of 2004
Among the sponsors of the bill are Rep. Robert Aderholt (Alabama), Rep. Michael Pence (Indiana), Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, Sen. Zell Miller (Georgia), Sen. Sam Brownback (Kansas), and Sen. Lindsey Graham (South Carolina).
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Accordingly, under Sec. 102 of this bill, "Notwithstanding any
other provision of this chapter, the Supreme Court shall not have
jurisdiction to review, by appeal, writ of certiorari, or otherwise,
any matter to the extent that relief is sought against an element of
Federal, State, or local government, or against an officer of
Federal, State, or local government (whether or not acting in
official personal capacity), by reason of that element's or officer's
acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or
government."
This means, that the federal judiciary would be prohibited from
interfering with any _expression of religious faith by any elected
local, state, or federal official. In other words, federal judges could
not prevent the Ten Commandments from being displayed in
public buildings or Nativity Scenes from appearing on court house
lawns or "under God" from being recited in the Pledge of
Allegiance or prayers being spoken in public schools, etc. This bill
would limit the jurisdiction of the federal courts in these matters.
Furthermore, Sec. 201 of this bill states, "In interpreting and
applying the Constitution of the United States, a court of the
United States may not rely upon any constitution, law,
administrative rule, Executive order, directive, policy, judicial
decision, or any other action of any foreign state or international
organization or agency, other than the constitutional law and
English common law."
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