- Mon, Feb 01, 2010
- Culture and Worldview
Whose Constitution Is It?
The Supreme Court building, with its white marble pillars, towers above the street across from the U. S. Capitol (as though these two branches of government were staring each other down, the better to maintain an even balance of power). But the Court has tipped the balance dangerously by striking down the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and has raised the gravest constitutional crisis of our age.
The justices portrayed RFRA as an illegitimate expansion of religious rights. But the truth is exactly the reverse: RFRA simply restored rights the Court had taken away. Traditionally, before restricting religious practices, the ...










