S3 E44 As the Court Turns: The Lord‘s Court

Episode discussion topics <ul><li>According to the constitution, we have the right to a separation between any church and the laws of our republic. This is also intended to insulate our system of self-rule from a set of outside influences. </li> <li>Our republic is intended to be a secular one. People should be free to practice religion, or not, without any state sponsorship of any one religion; including Protestantism, the religion of King Henry VIII, nor any other one. </li> <li>The United States has been a historic salad of faith systems, both rich in its diversity and choices for citizens to exercise their freedom. From the <a href='https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript'>U.S. Bill of Rights</a>, Constitutional Amendment I:</li> </ul> <p>"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."</p> <ul><li>Take a moment to re-frame ourselves with some history, rather than this being a Christian or Judeo-Christian nation, it was Protestant to its origins. That was the Church the England that was brought over with the founders, not all of them of course. </li> <li>Today 6 of 9 Justices identify as having Catholic roots and the other 3 are Jewish. It doesn't sound very diverse and in fact, this is a major shift away from the historically Protestant backgrounds that justices used to have. We only highlight these facts because MVP and RWJ found them interesting. This court's decisions will show how true their loyalty is to our constitution. </li> <li>There are a number of civil liberties that are at risk given the make-up of our current courts as they are likely to perform an about-face march into the past. In reversing course, they will trample over many freedoms we enjoy today like to marry who we want or have children on our own terms. We may not be able to enjoy tomorrow, simply due to judicial reinterpretation of the constitution. Quite flippant if you ask us and will call into question, as it had happened in the past, th