Justice Scalia Must Recuse Himself From All Church-State Cases Due to Bias
http://www.petitiononline.com/scalia/petition.html
To: US Supreme Court Justices
According to the Jerusalem Post, "US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
used an appearance at an Orthodox synagogue in New York to assail the
notion that the US government should maintain a neutral stance toward
religion, saying it has always supported religion and the courts should
not try to change that."
The articles continues with Scalia saying ""The founding fathers never
used the phrase 'separation of church and state,'", arguing that rigid
separation of religion and state - as in Europe, for example - would
be bad for America".
It is unfortunate to note how Scalia's faith has blinded him to our
nation's history, especially considering he's a high court justice.
That fact is Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to the Danbury Baptist
Association in 1802 clearly stating, "the legitimate powers of government
reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign
reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their
legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation
between church and state."
Any justice who shows as much bias towards any position as Scalia has
clearly demonstrated on this issue should recuse himself/herself from any
such cases that come before the court. Therefore we, as US Citizens, must
demand that Justice Scalia recuse himself from any future Church-State
cases.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
http://www.petitiononline.com/scalia/petition.html
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