Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It should be noted that the "Republicans" of Jefferson's time were the party now called the Democrats. The modern Republican party was founded just before the Civil War (Lincoln was the first modern Republican president). -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-486-2581 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 10/21/10 12:17 AM, "Adam Bridge" <abridge at gmail.com> wrote: > Well, if it's literally meant "separation of Church and State" then > she's right: those precise words don't exist in the 1st Amendment. > However, the meaning of those words is contained in the very first > sentence of the 1st Amendment. The phrase appears to originate with > some dufus with radical ideas named Jefferson, as in Thomas Jefferson > the fellow who wrote the "Declaration of Independence". You can read > about it here if you're interested: > > <http://www.usconstitution.net/jeffwall.html> > > Thomas Jefferson was a Republican as opposed to the Federalists when > things in the new United States were every bit as nasty as they are > right now. It was Jefferson's refusal to have a Justice of the Peace > for the District of Columbia granted his position that lead to Marbry > vs Madison and the beginning of the US Supreme Court's power of > judicial review. > > I'm sure a real lawyer could do a better job than I. > > I respond to the list only to try to make explicit for non-US folks > what all the fuss is about. > > Adam Bridge > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:51 PM, John Nebel <john.nebel at csdco.com> > wrote: >> Law prof says she was right! >> >> <http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-if-christine-odonnell-wer >> e-right.html> >> >> On 10/19/2010 10:15 PM, Richard Man wrote: >>> >>> Well, we have people running for Congress that does not know about the >>> First >>> Amendment - "what do you mean the Constitution says there is separation >>> of >>> Church and State," so what do you expect from Hire-a-Cop? >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 6:58 PM, slobodan Dimitrov >>> <s.dimitrov at charter.net>wrote: >>> >>>> It reminds me of Germany, to this day! >>>> S.d. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 19, 2010, at 6:15 PM, scleroplex wrote: >>>> >>>> ?isn't it an amazing country that one actually needs to go to court to >>>> make >>>>> >>>>> it clear that one can take photos of public buildings and courthouses?! >>>>> reminds me of the soviet union. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information