Rick the Red's Journal: Clueless morons

Yep, clueless morons. That's the Supreme Court of the United States. Here's a letter I just sent to a newspaper:

Editor,

In today's story "High court hears debate over Commandments," there's a telling paragraph: "Justice Antonin Scalia noted that legislative proclamations and prayer invoking God's name are permissible. 'I don't see why the one is good and the other is bad,' he said." A justice of the Supreme Court of the United States just admitted, from the bench, that he doesn't understand the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

Why am I not surprised? After all, this is the guy who refuses to recuse himself from hearing a case involving his hunting buddy, Dick Cheney. If he doesn't understand "conflict of interest," a three-word phrase, why should he be expected to understand "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," a whole 16 words!

Hey, Scalia, here's a clue: NEITHER are good. ANY imposition of religion by the government upon the people is BAD. When the government forces us to pray to ITS god, it prohibits the free exercise of some CITIZENS' religion, including the right to not pray to ANY god. Period.

Too bad the Supremes aren't required to understand the Constitution they purport to uphold. Are they even required to read it?

And then I signed my (real) name.