Yet another 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court. What these things mean to me is that the Constitution--a document written in the 18th century--is inadequate for the task of holding a country together in the 21st century, even with all the patches and supposedly clarifying rulings since its adoption.
No one should expect that any group of people living at any moment should be smart enough to rule over those who live hundreds of years later. If a set of rules are so unclear that the supposed experts are split more-or-less 50-50 on a regular basis, then the rules are more-or-less irrelevant.
One other way I see this has the Supreme Court's role in church-state separation morphing from chaperone to pimp.
No one should expect that any group of people living at any moment should be smart enough to rule over those who live hundreds of years later. If a set of rules are so unclear that the supposed experts are split more-or-less 50-50 on a regular basis, then the rules are more-or-less irrelevant.
One other way I see this has the Supreme Court's role in church-state separation morphing from chaperone to pimp.
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