Amendments August 17, 2000February 15, 2017 Too tired from blowing up balloons to do any heavy lifting, but two quick ones: A thought on the First Amendment “The First Amendment never, never, ever was intended to set up this so-called wall of separation between church and state, to have this separation between government and God. It just wasn’t intended.” — Pat Robertson, May 5, 2000 So maybe we can have an official state religion after all. A thought on the Second Amendment When the Constitution says . . . “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” . . . what does the N.R.A. believe “well-regulated” means?