The Constitution Restoration Act of 2004 (10 commandments)

[Egalitarian Zetetic]

I hadn't heard of it before now, so much shit going on, they can even slide things past political junkies like me

http://www.theocracywatch.org/


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Chuck Baldwin of Renew America calls The Constitution Restoration Act of 2004, "the most important legislation in the last fifty years."

From ConservativePetitions.com:

Not since the ink dried on the U.S. Constitution has our liberty been at such great risk. Last summer's travesty of justice against the Ten Commandments monument in Alabama was a direct assault on the Constitution's guarantees of freedom of speech, free exercise of religion and freedom from federal interference in matters reserved to the people and the states.
Your help is needed to stop black-robed tyrants from turning America into an atheist state that actively persecutes religious believers!

Below is info on the cosponsors of the House bill. Following that is the cosponsors of the companion Senate bill:

H.R.3799 Title: To limit the jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism. Sponsor: Rep Aderholt, Robert B. (introduced 2/11/2004) Cosponsors: 15 Related Bills: S.2082 Latest Major Action: 2/11/2004 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
COSPONSORS(15), ALPHABETICAL

In the House:
Rep Bachus, Spencer - 2/24/2004 Rep Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. - 2/24/2004 Rep Davis, Jo Ann - 3/10/2004 Rep Deal, Nathan - 3/18/2004 Rep DeMint, Jim - 4/1/2004 Rep Everett, Terry - 2/24/2004 Rep Kingston, Jack - 2/24/2004 Rep Miller, Jeff - 3/10/2004 Rep Pearce, Stevan - 3/18/2004 Rep Pence, Mike - 2/11/2004 Rep Pitts, Joseph R. - 2/24/2004 Rep Rogers, Mike D. - 2/24/2004 Rep Ryun, Jim - 3/11/2004 Rep Souder, Mark E. - 3/25/2004 Rep Wamp, Zach - 3/10/2004


In the Senate:
S.2082 Title: A bill to limit the jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism. Sponsor: Sen Shelby, Richard C. (introduced 2/12/2004) Cosponsors: 5 Related Bills: H.R.3799 Latest Major Action: 2/12/2004 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
COSPONSORS(5), ALPHABETICAL : (Sort: by date)
Sen Allard, A. Wayne - 2/12/2004 Sen Brownback, Sam - 2/12/2004 Sen Graham, Lindsey O. - 2/12/2004 Sen Inhofe, Jim - 2/12/2004 Sen Miller, Zell - 2/12/2004

The Institutes of Biblical Law

A Presbyterian Minister by the name of Rousas Rushdooney spearheaded the Christian Reconstruction movement when his book, The Institutes of Biblical Law, was published in 1972. A Constitution that conforms to Biblical Law will rely on the Ten Commandments of the Old Testament as its guiding source. Therefore, the Ten Commandments hold a special meaning. Religious Right lawmakers are trying to pass legislation in various state legislatures that would allow government posting of the Ten Commandments in public buildings.

One such bill, The Ten Commandments Defense Act is gaining sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.) author of the bill said, during an interview with TV preacher Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network, "The Supreme Court does not always have the final authority over the interpretation of the Constitution."

From Church and State:

"Aderholt’s bill, H.R. 2045, also includes language that orders federal courts to leave decisions about display of the Ten Commandments to the states. The bill was introduced in May, has 70 cosponsors and is pending in the House’s Subcommittee on the Constitution. "Aderholt’s actions show contempt for the American constitutional principles," said AU’s Lynn. "The Constitution’s separation of powers requires that Congress refrain from instructing the courts on how to rule on cases involving constitutional rights."

...It has been removed from the Alabama Supreme Court, and Judge Moore has been removed from office. An article in Salon, May 4, 2004 by Frederick Clarkson discusses the possibility of Roy Moore running for President on the Constitution Party ticket. The Preamble of the Constitution Party declares: The U.S. Constitution established a Republic under God, rather than a democracy.

[Hokie]

1. No chance

The LA Clippers will win the NBA title before this dog ever gets to a vote in either body of Congress.

[SEpatriot]

2. Aderholt

is a total right-wing nut. He is my congressman - or rather he represents the district I currently live in. He talks up this kind of nonsense to stir up the hayseeds but he is a wholly owned subsidiary of corporate America. The very people who vote for this total windbag are being royally screwed by his friends in the Banking, Oil and agribusiness sectors who are financing his elections.

Worst congressman ever!