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24 September, 2004
24 September 2004After a heated and emotional debate, the House of Representatives voted yesterday to approve an "Under God" bill that would prevent federal courts from hearing cases challenging the Constitutionality of that phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance. Democrats claimed that Republicans were forcing the vote to highlight a "wedge issue" six weeks before the election. Supporters of the bill said it was needed "to protect an affirmation of religion," to limit court's authority and keep judges from "'emasculat[ing] the very heart of what America has always been about.'" This is the second bill in three months that seeks to limit judicial review of legislation.
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