Tell Congress to Stop the Judicial Tyranny

By Phyllis Schlafly

          

            The biggest problem America faces today is the out-of-control federal courts.
          Lawsuits are being filed in state after state to ban the Pledge of Allegiance (because it includes the words "under God"), and to ban the Ten Commandments from public buildings and parks. Shockingly, some (but not all) federal courts are siding with the pressure groups such as the ACLU, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, the Southern Poverty Law Center and various gay activists groups that are filing these outrageous lawsuits!

Phyllis Schlafly

            The American people must tell Congress that we are not going to tolerate the federal courts' assaults on the Pledge, the Ten Commandments, and Marriage.

            Congress must stand up and be counted — and use its Article III power to pass laws withdrawing jurisdiction from all federal courts over these three issues.

            The solution is really that simple. It's right there in the U.S. Constitution. It's not only completely constitutional for Congress to take away from the courts the power to rule on the Pledge of Allegiance, the Ten Commandments, and Marriage — it's Congress's constitutional duty to stop the out-of-control federal courts. That's the only way to maintain our constitutional separation of powers.

            If we can't stand up for the Ten Commandments, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the sanctity of marriage, what in the world do we stand for? This is a battle we absolutely must win. Eagle Forum has a plan of action — but we need your help immediately.

            Don't let anybody tell you that Congress can't tell the federal courts what cases they can and cannot hear. Just read the U.S. Constitution!

            Article III, Section 1 states: "The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." Article I, Section 8 states: "The Congress shall have power ... to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court."

            Those two sections mean that all federal courts except the Supreme Court were created by Congress, which defined their powers and prescribed what kind of cases they can hear. Whatever Congress created it can uncreate, abolish, limit, or regulate.

            Article III, Section 2 states: "The Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make."

That section means that Congress can make "exceptions" to the types of cases that the Supreme Court can decide.

            We simply don't trust the federal courts or the Supreme Court to decide the cases about the Pledge of Allegiance, the Ten Commandments, and Marriage. We should take away all power of the federal courts over the acknowledgement of God.

            So what is Congress waiting for? Call your two U.S. Senators and your U.S. Representative and ask them to act immediately — this year, before adjournment. Let's start the process by passing Rep. Todd Akin's Pledge Protection Act H.R. 2028 to withdraw federal court jurisdiction over the Pledge of Allegiance. 

 

Phyllis Schlafly is the founder and president of Eagle Forum. For more information about Eagle Forum go to Eagle Forum's web site at www.eagleforum.org or write to them at Eagle Forum, PO Box 618, Alton, IL 62002. You can also contact them by calling (618) 462-5415.