Via the Carpetbagger, the GOP in Indiana have passed a bill to deny funds to remove a Ten Commandments display as mandated by a federal court decision:
A twisted approach to undermining the judiciary
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The far-right crusade against the federal judiciary took a bizarre turn this week when Rep. John Hostettler (R-Ind.) successfully added an amendment to a Justice Department appropriations bill. Even by the standards of today's GOP, this one's nutty.
Hostettler has been concerned about a court case in his community called Russelburg v. Gibson County, which deals with a controversy surrounding a state-sponsored Ten Commandments display in front of the Gibson County Courthouse in Princeton, Indiana. Local citizens challenged the constitutionality of the local government promoting one faith's holy text at the courthouse, and, as is usually the case, a federal judge agreed that the display is unconstitutional.
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