James Oliphant.\u00a0\u00a0 What a buffoon.\u00a0 (Not to be confused with Tom Oliphant)<\/p>\n
He thinks Governor Perry thinks there are only 8 Justices on the Supreme Court because Gov Perry said “eight unelected and, frankly, unaccountable judges” decided to ban prayer from public school.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/national\/perry-stumbles-over-number-of-justices\/article_24ef77df-2caa-50ad-a749-ab0352cfad59.html<\/a><\/p>\n Engle vs Vitale – the 1962 ruling of the US Supreme Court that outlawed requiring\u00a0 public school students to recite a prayer was decided by a 7-1 vote.<\/p>\n Eight judges did make that decision.<\/p>\n http:\/\/atheism.about.com\/od\/churchstatedecisions\/a\/EngelVitale.htm<\/a><\/p>\n Nice try.<\/p>\n Perhaps Mr Oliphant had that case confused with the 1963 cases of Abington School District v. Schempp<\/em> and Murray v. Curlett <\/em>which dealt with the issue requiring\u00a0 reciting Bible verses<\/span> in public schools.<\/p>\n http:\/\/atheism.about.com\/od\/religioninschool\/a\/AbingtonSchempp.htm<\/p>\n Those cases were decided by a vote of 8<\/strong>-1.<\/p>\n That point having been made, how bizarre that a candidate embracing the Constitution would then say that it is flawed because the Supreme Court isn’t elected by the people.\u00a0\u00a0 You can’t love the Constitution then make such a blanket statement about it being fundamentally flawed.\u00a0 God didn’t want an elected Supreme Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" James Oliphant.\u00a0\u00a0 What a buffoon.\u00a0 (Not to be confused with Tom Oliphant) He thinks Governor Perry thinks there are only 8 Justices on the Supreme Court because Gov Perry said “eight unelected and, frankly, unaccountable judges” decided to ban prayer … Continue reading