Holy crap. Why is it that I have to read the Moscow Times to learn about The Constitution Restoration Act? Not only that, but why am I hearing about it 8 months afterwards? “acknowledge God as the sovereign source of law, liberty [and] government” in the United States. What’s more, it would forbid all legal challenges to government officials who use the power of the state to enforce their own view of “God’s sovereign authority.” Any judge who dared even hear such a challenge could be removed from office. Article link.

There seems to be some good information on it here as well:

Although the claim by its sponsors appears to be that the intention is to prevent the courts from hearing cases involving the Ten Commandments or a Nativity Scene in a public setting from being reviewed, the law is drawn broadly and expressly includes the acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law by an official in his capacity of executing his office. John Giles, Alabama President of Christian Coalition said, “The greatest unbridled abuse by the federal judiciary for over forty years has been in the area of redefining the acknowledgement of God as the sovereign source of law…We define this as judicial activism, making law from the bench. These unconstitutional rulings have gone unchecked by other branches of government.”

The following proposed law will be added to Sec. 1260 of Title 28, Chapter 81 of the U.S. Code:

?Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Supreme Court shall not have jurisdiction to review, by appeal, writ of certiorari, or otherwise, any matter to the extent that relief is sought against an element of Federal, State, or local government, or against an officer of Federal, State, or local government (whether or not acting in official personal capacity), by reason of that element?s or officer?s acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government.?

Because the judiciary is ?an element? of the federal, state and local governments, this wording, if it becomes law, may allow any judge to institute biblical punishments without being subject to review by the Supreme Court or the federal court system.

More than a little creepy isn’t it?

Ah.. Life is sort of back to normal. We had a good time, but my familly has finally all been shipped back up north. Now we get to head back into the gym (amazing how bad a week can be for your health), write thank you’s, etc. We watched The Incredibles on Friday, great movie. I highly recommend it.

Three congressmen sent a letter to the General Accounting Office on Friday requesting an investigation into irregularities with voting machines used in Tuesday’s elections. There are some strange results from optically scanned paper ballots in FLA as well.

In the midst of depression over the election there is a bit of excitement here in San Diego. Donna Frye might be the next mayor – as a write-in.

Uhg. As someone who is paying CDN$ student loans, the past few years have been brutal for the US dollar. The rate was about 1.60 CDN for each USD when I first came down. Now, it is around 1.19 CDN for each USD. Ouch. More crap news: Dollar expected to fall amid China’s rumored selling. Looks like the rest of the world doesn’t buy Bush’s “deficits don’t matter” thinking.

Wired writes on Zero-energy homes: Living Free and Easy

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