The House voted 247-173 to remove jurisdiction from the federal courts, including the Supreme Court, over the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance. The opponents suggested that assaults on the power of the Supreme Court threaten, basically, to end liberty in America. My take on the jurisdiction-stripping idea, from back in 2002, can be found here.
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Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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