Supreme Court Protects Faith-Based Initiative

The Supreme Court vote was 5-4 in the case of Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation (U.S. No. 06-157). The ACLJ filed an amicus brief with the high court in support of the federal government’s position which prevailed today.
“This is a very significant victory that sends a powerful message that atheists and others antagonistic to religion do not get an automatic free pass to bring Establishment Clause lawsuits,” said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ. “The Supreme Court got it right in determining that the plaintiffs who challenged the President’s faith-based initiative had no legal standing to do so. This decision will have serious ramifications for separationist attempts to claim special privileges to sue as taxpayers without showing that a law or government activity actually injured them in any way. This is an important victory for the judicial system and for the President’s faith-based initiative. By rejecting a claim to special treatment for atheists and other separationists, the high court took an important step toward restoring equity to the legal system with respect to federal challenges in the Establishment Clause arena.”



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The ruling says that the party suing does not have standing to sue because they were not injured as a result of the initiative. Which is why Roe v. Wade should be revisited because the party suing was not in fact injured and lied in court there by she had no legal standing to sue.