> The constitutionality of the modern national motto has been questioned with relationship to the separation of church and state outlined in the First Amendment.
> In 1970, in Aronow v. United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the motto does not violate the First Amendment to the Constitution. The United States Supreme Court has not ruled on the issue.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_national_motto
Even if this law is challenged in court and is struck down, it is still a win for GOP. They riled up their base over a manufactured issue, diverted their base’s attention from actual issues. This is GOP politics 101 these days.
(I read "a" as meaning the school isn't forced to display 10,000 such posters, should they be donated. Which a prankster totally would do.)
What happens if each of 100 organizations donates a poster?
What size does the poster need to be?
When does a poster get taken down?
Can it be replaced with another poster, should the school administration prefer the other one?
What if I donate a 1"x1" poster to a school? If it doesn't currently have one, will they be forced to hang it in a conspicuous place?
Can the administration use a 1"x1" donation as a reason to take down a larger one?
What if the poster is 40×60 inches, but where the motto is in 6 point text?
I am not American - So strange that the act takes effect even if it does not receive the required votes, only a bit later. How does it work ?
Sec. 39. TIME OF TAKING EFFECT OF LAWS. No law passed by the Legislature, except the general appropriation act, shall take effect or go into force until ninety days after the adjournment of the session at which it was enacted, unless the Legislature shall, by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each House, otherwise direct; said vote to be taken by yeas and nays, and entered upon the journals.
The goal here is for laws not to take people by surprise; when a law is passed, it's not active until ninety days has passed, so people have time to learn about the new law and adjust accordingly. If it is believed that an emergency needs the law to be enforced sooner, the Constitution provides a mechanism for that.
In short, it does need the required votes to become law, but that is in this process a simple majority; a larger majority is required to bypass the 90-day delay.
They won't link it since they are always starving for your clicks and outrage first before anything else.