They Never Stop Trying To Undermine Our Freedoms

On February 28, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation. The issue in this case is whether taxpayers can bring a court challenge to the Bush junta’s Faith-Based Initiatives. There is some precedent, including Flast v. Cohen that indicates that American taxpayers do have standing to challenge the use of their tax dollars in ways that violate the Establishment Clause.

Whack-job fundies hope to use Hein to weaken or reverse this precedent, leaving taxpayers unalbe to challenge the use of tax dollars to support religions. Oral argument falls smack dab in the middle of a Retrograde Mercury. Heh.