The Cold Firearm

The liberal media thinks that this story is the smoking gun about Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. They're incorrect about that. Have a look.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Supreme Court nominee John Roberts supported the idea of allowing prayer in public schools, writing as a White House lawyer in 1985 that such efforts were "within the constitutional power of Congress."

But while critical of the Supreme Court for banning school prayer, he also said legislative efforts to go around the courts were "bad policy."

Unless there's some Constitutional ban on allowing students to pray in public schools (I'll save you the trouble of looking: there isn't), this is absolutely correct. I can tell you for a fact that when I was in high school, I prayed frequently, including prayers as a part of my membership in a non-school sponsored Christian club. It's legal, and it should be.

As for the second item, trying to circumvent the courts is bad policy. The whole point of the government is that it should be inefficient, but it should work in concert. The legislature shouldn't try to get around the courts, the courts shouldn't try to circumvent the executive branch, and the executive branch shouldn't try to screw over the legislature. Governing the United States isn't some sort of contest, after all.

This will no doubt aggravate many, many strongly partisan Democrats, and possibly M@; but really, it's absolutely in line with our Constitution and our society.