Stupid Congress Tricks

A while back I blogged about a bill circulating in the House that would attempt to short-circuit some of the gay marriage debate by stripping the U.S. courts (including the Supreme Court) of jurisdiction to deal with the issue. In spite of the Constitutional problems with such an approach, the House is at it again, this time with the "Pledge Protection Act," which would do the same thing regarding constitutional challenges to the Pledge. As Marci Hamilton points out over at Findlaw, this is an idea that is not getting better with age.