Hey, everybody! I'm back! ME!! Mike Newdow!!! It's ME again!Chief Justice William Rehnquist rejected Wednesday an emergency request from a California atheist who sought to stop the recital of prayers at President Bush's inauguration.
A federal judge and a U.S. appeals court earlier ruled against atheist Michael Newdow. He is best known for trying unsuccessfully to remove the phrase "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance that millions of U.S. schoolchildren recite every day.
Actually, he's becoming best known as the biggest egomaniacal asshole in America.
Newdow, a doctor-lawyer who is acting as his own attorney in the case, argued that clergy-led prayers at the inauguration Thursday would violate his constitutional rights. "As an atheist, he cannot in good conscience attend an exercise where his government forces him to endure religious dogma he finds highly disagreeable," Newdow wrote in his motion filed with the Supreme Court. "Newdow's rights of religious freedom should be protected."
Talking about himself in the third person. That's always a such a loveable quality in a person.
Newdow, who lives in Sacramento, California, said he would drop his plans to attend the inauguration if forced to confront the prayers by two Christian ministers.
OH, NO!!! NOT THAT!!!
Newdow also had suggested that Rehnquist, who plans to administer the oath of office to Bush at the inauguration, remove himself from considering his request. He said Rehnquist took part in the 2001 inauguration when prayers were included. In seeking Rehnquist's recusal, Newdow said the chief justice would feel "awkward" at the ceremony if he rules in Newdow's favor.
"George, can you have this guy taken for a ride in the Ghost Jet?"
"I'll see what I can do, Bill."
Although Rehnquist denied Newdow's request for an injunction, he still could ask another Supreme Court justice to stop the prayers.
Oh, I will! I'll show YOU!!! I'll show ALL of YOU!!!
