What’s Left of the Constitution? Newdow and inaugural prayerWhat’s Left of the Constitution? January 15, 2009
“What’s Left of the Constitution?” is a periodic news digest featuring Alliance Defense Fund legal analysis of proposals, policies, and trends advanced by the federal government. On a regular basis, this digest will specifically highlight policies and actions that move America away from the principles of the U.S. Constitution and closer to the demands of the political Left, especially ones that threaten religious liberty, the sanctity of life, and marriage and the family. IN THIS INSTALLMENT: A district court judge has rejected a lawsuit filed by Dr. Michael Newdow and a score of his atheist allies against U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, the Presidential Inaugural Committee, the Rev. Rick Warren, and other people and agencies over President-Elect Barack Obama’s choice to continue the long tradition of including prayers at his inauguration on Jan. 20 (www.telladf.org/UserDocs/NewdowRobertsComplaint.pdf). Of course, the court’s decision is appropriate, and Newdow lost round one. But he’ll almost certainly appeal. Read the full installment at www.telladf.org/left. ADF is a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and like-minded organizations defending the right of people to freely live out their faith. Launched in 1994, ADF employs a unique combination of strategy, training, funding, and litigation to protect and preserve religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family.
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