July, 2003

"Judicial Fiat"

Every clear-headed Christian/American should be righteously angry over those federal court rulings that create law rather than interpret law.

The most recent ruling by a federal judge to remove the Ten Commandments from school grounds at West Union, Peebles, North Adams, and Manchester High Schools in Ohio is a clear example of "legislation by mandate" (or fiat) by a single judge against the will of the democratic majority.

I'm as capable as any judge to read and understand the Constitution of the United States and nowhere in that document are there any such words as "separation of church and state." Nowhere!

The truth is, the Constitution under Article I section 1 says: "All legislative powers here-in granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives." Clearly those judges who mandate or make new law are in violation of Article I and should be impeached, tried and convicted of high crimes.

Also, the first Amendment (Bill of Rights) says, "Congress shall make no law respecting on establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…"

Somehow, certain anti-Christian secularist judges have twisted and manipulated those words to mean "separation of church and state"! Here too they are in violation of the Constitution and should be dumped for usurping the authority of congress and for mitigating the rights of Christian/Americans to freely worship as guaranteed by the second clause of the first amendment.

The U.S. Senate has been granted the authority to confirm all federal judgeships. The House and Senate also have the authority to impeach those judges who are not doing their job. We need to let our representatives know that we are not pleased with those who have overreached their Constitutional authority.


- Bob Murphy