Now, i have taught religion in america for more than 35 years. And i believe that the First Amendment has played a vital role in the vitality of this nation. And i shall read it for you. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people to peacefully assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. The establishment of religion and freedom of exercise comes first, which is why religious freedom is often called americas first freedom. Establishment actually comes even before religious freedom. Often, people dont understand what establishment is. Now, in 1833, massachusetts disestablished. And what that means is people no longer had to pay taxes to support my own religious ancestors, the congregationalists. Now, if you want to know why establishment went away, imagine how popular it was to pay taxes for somebody elses preacher. Right
Press or the right of the people to peacefully assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. The establishment of religion and freedom of exercise comes first, which is why religious freedom is often called americas first freedom. Establishment actually comes even before religious freedom. Often, people dont understand what establishment is. Now, in 1833, massachusetts disestablished. And what that means is people no longer had to pay taxes to support my own religious ancestors, the congregationalists. Now, if you want to know why establishment went away, imagine how popular it was to pay taxes for somebody elses preacher. Right . That is one of the reasons it went away. But also, that is a period in American History of revivalism. People started going to camp meetings, they started whooping it up, singing songs, and they didnt like having to support these basically european style formal religion, everybody sitting like this. Theres a liturgy. Wouldnt you rather
Amb. Brownback the Supreme Court just wrapped up host we have briand goron and john malcolm here. Thank you for being in this morning. Brianne andt with ask you what is your take on the decisions that came down in the recent term . Guest i think this was a deeply different disappointing decision from the court because the chief justice threw up their hands and acknowledged that extreme partisan gerrymanders are inconsistent with what quit to do anything about them. Justice kagan got it right in her decision when she recognized , when do the courts can do things when can the courts do things . Otherwhat was the decision last week you thought was important . Case, it the sentence challenged the Trump Administrations decision to add a Citizenship Question to the 2020 census. The chief justice got right on this one. I agree with some of his legal reasoning, but he was right to reject the effort to add this question to the census. As he said, the secretary of was contextualon and this would
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Foundation. He is Vice President for the Constitutional Government. Thank you for being here this morning. Brianne and ask you what is your what is your take on the decision that came down in the recent term . There were 2, 1 in the gerrymandering case. Whether the Political Party in power can entrench itself in power to matter what the voters say. Different disappointing decision from the court because the chief justice threw up their hands and acknowledged that extreme partisan gerrymanders are inconsistent with what quit to do anything about them. Justice kagan got it right in her decision when she recognized , when do the courts can do things when can the courts do things . Otherwhat was the decision last week you thought was important . Case, it the sentence challenged the Trump Administrations decision to add a Citizenship Question to the 2020 census. The chief justice got right on this one. I agree with some of his legal reasoning, but he was right to reject the effort to add th