Monday, June 08, 2015

SCOTUS JERUSALEM, Anywhere but Israel


SCOTUS decided on Monday June 8,2015 that Congress' law giving Americans born in Israel's capital city , Jerusalem  the option to have their American Passport list birthplace as Jerusalem, Israel. The Court's majority believes Congress overreached by affecting Foreign Policy the sole province of the President. Although there were dissents The Court  6-3 felt otherwise.
It is remarkable that it would appear the majority included the three Jewish Justices. Certainly, no one wants any judge letting anything but the law inform or influence one's decision. However, anyone familiar with the Justice system knows that ideal situation simply does not exist. Judges are people too and bring who they are as well. So where  were the MOTs on the bench?

It is telling that to Justices Ginsberg, Breyer and Kagan the declaration "NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM" apparently has only ceremonial meaning. Why retreat from one's cultural background particularly when  other Justices could have seen their way clear to uphold Congress' law and defend the honor of Jerusalem . It would be far too easy to say these Justices are more dedicated to siding with liberalism than with Judaism. An accusation temping as it maybe is still misplaced.
 
Or the even more disturbing thought is that if any Jewish Justice sided with Jerusalem being in Israel they would be fodder for Anti-Semites casting all Jews in government as being not fully American. This is 2015 not 1945 what a lesson in exile is exile even in the Goldeneh Medina

 A link to the article.
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