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now we can really get an interpretation of the Constitution:
keep article 6 in mind as you read this:
Article Six
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi judge jailed a lawyer for several hours for refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, ordering the attorney to "purge himself" of contempt by standing and repeating the oath like the rest of the courtroom.
After Oxford attorney Danny Lampley spent about five hours in the county jail Wednesday, Chancery Judge Talmadge Littlejohn let him go free. Lampley, 49, was released so that he could represent another client, the judge said in a later order.
Lampley told The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal he respected the judge but wasn't going to back down.
"I don't have to say it because I'm an American," Lampley told the newspaper. "I'm just not going to back off on this."
Lampley was representing a client in a divorce case at the time of the contempt order, according to the judge's calendar.
"Lampley shall purge himself of said criminal contempt by complying with the order of this Court by standing and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in open court," according to the order, which was obtained by The Associated Press.
i am the first to admit that i live in a very strange state....
Littlejohn is in his second term as a chancery judge and presides over divorces and child custody disputes. Judges in Mississippi are elected, though they run in nonpartisan races.
Littlejohn is running unopposed for re-election in November.
people here will actaully vote FOR him because he did that, and then complain about the "big govt" in the next minute
this Judge is more less immune from prosectution for civil violations as are all judges in most scenario's, but the Bench overstepped it's authority here, and soemthing has to be done...
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You know what is sad about the pledge? I mentioned this a while back. Friend of mine from Santa Monica, her son is in elementary school there. They replaced the pledge with singing songs in SPANISH every morning. WTF? What a great "progressive" idea.
26 days left...man I can not wait.
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