This country was founded on deist principals. No matter how hard you squint, you can't make deist be judeo christian. This country was also founded on slavery and genocide, maybe they should get a shout out too. I propose the line be amended: One nation under god, made possible by genocide, and supplemented by the institutional subjugation and forced labor of minorities, with liberty and justice for all.
Guess that last part doesn't really fit. Maybe we could just get rid of it. Well, as long as we're shooting for accuracy, right fellas?
I know we all would love to be experts in constitutional law, but i was under the impression that it was the court's job to interpret it. That's one of the real foundations of this country.
I'm sure we'd all love literal interpretations though.
I know that all of you pro-gun literal interpretationists are members of well regulated militias.
According to the first amendment we should all be protected when we yell fire in a crowded theater.
The 6th:
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In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
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I guess if you want to get literal up in this mofo, then even the "unlawful combatants" at gitmo have the right to a speedy, public trial.
8th amendment:
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Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
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Is setting a prohibitively expensive bail on purpose amount to excess? I dunno, but it happens all the time.
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The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people
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Heh, yeah, okay.
The point is that the constitution in action is different from the constitution on paper. This is not a new or inherently bad phenomena. Any argument about what it actually says that ignores how it actually works in the real world is irrelevant.
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In god we trust on money is not only violation of the separation, it is also bullshit. Unless of course the money is referring to itself when it uses the word god.