“Silent Cal”, President Coolidge offered to following statement in his March 25, 1925 inaugural address:

"The fundamental precept of liberty is toleration. We can not permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free."

This seems to be an admonition not heeded by President Bush when he listed Harriet Meier’s evangelical Christian beliefs as qualifications for the Supreme Court.