On the Road to Serfdom Republicans are the Scarecrow

Rep. Ron Paul got it wrong. Rep. Bob Inglis gets it right. I've said it before - and I'll say it again - the idea of Congress prohibiting federal courts from hearing cases about certain issues is the stupidest thing Republicans have ever come up with. Ever. I mean ever ever.

A right-wing group strongly criticized a House Republican after the lawmaker last week helped torpedo a bill that would protect the words "“under God"” in the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Inglis described the rationale behind his vote in a statement last week:

"Let'’s start by agreeing that we want the words '‘under God'’ to remain in the Pledge of Allegiance. This bill would prohibit federal courts from hearing cases involving the Pledge of Allegiance. A liberal Congress might someday try to strip the courts of the right to hear cases claiming other constitutional claims - the right to protest at abortion clinics or the right to distribute Gospel tracts, for example."

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The bill has 197 co-sponsors in the House and 16 in the Senate.