OT: What's Good For The Goose Is Good For The Gander

February 9, 2005

And .. its also good for the most Liberal Court in the USA .. the one

that has had many decisions dismissed by higher court.

Gutsy young catfish lawyer too .. or maybe .. just trying to make a name

for himself early on. ;-) Butch

Appeals Court Sued for 'Commandments' Seal

By DAVID KRAVETS

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The federal appeals court that ruled the Pledge of

Allegiance was an unconstitutional endorsement of religion is being sued

for allegedly displaying the Ten Commandments on its seal and courthouses.

The case was brought by an attorney who was admitted to practice before

the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in June. In his lawsuit against

the San Francisco-based court, Ryan Donlon said the certificate

admitting him contains the court's seal which unlawfully contains what

he believes is a tablet object representing the Ten Commandments.

Cathy Catterson, the court's clerk, said the seal highlights a woman,

known as " the Majesty of the Law " who is reading a large book. At her

feet is a tablet with 10 unreadable lines on it - what Donlon believes

is the Ten Commandments.

Catterson said the tablet has " the same shape " of the Ten Commandments

but " you can't read the text of it. "

She said the drawing became the court's seal decades ago, and is a

depiction of a tile mosaic in one of the century-old courthouse's ornate

courtrooms.

In 2002, the appeals court sided with an atheist father who challenged

the words " under God " in the pledge, ruling that the pledge that public

school children recite each day was an unconstitutional endorsement of

religion. The U.S. Supreme Court later dismissed the case.

02/08/05 20:11

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