06-14-2004, 11:31 AM
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Got this off newsmax.com Supreme Court Preserves 'God' in Pledge NewsMax.com Wires Monday, June 14, 2004 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court, at least temporarily preserving the phrase "one nation, under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, ruled Monday that a California atheist could not challenge the patriotic oath. The decision leaves untouched the practice in which millions of schoolchildren around the country begin the day by reciting the pledge. The court said the atheist could not sue to ban the pledge from his daughter's school and others because he did not have legal authority to speak for her. The father, Michael Newdow, is in a protracted custody fight with the girl's mother. He does not have sufficient custody of the child to qualify as her legal representative, eight members of the court said. Justice Antonin Scalia did not participate in the case. "When hard questions of domestic relations are sure to affect the outcome, the prudent course is for the federal court to stay its hand rather than reach out to resolve a weighty question of federal constitutional law," Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the court. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist agreed with the outcome of the case, but still wrote separately to say that the Pledge as recited by schoolchildren did not violate the Constitution. Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Clarence Thomas agreed with him. The high court's lengthy opinion overturns a ruling two years ago that the teacher-led pledge was unconstitutional in public schools. That appeals court decision set off a national uproar and would have stripped the reference to God from the version of the pledge said by about 9.6 million schoolchildren in California and other Western states.
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06-14-2004, 11:35 AM
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Cool!
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06-14-2004, 12:05 PM
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The Knights of Columbus win again. It really isn't that big of an issue. |
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06-15-2004, 02:35 PM
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Well, Mr. K, i think it is a big issue. Why do you think it's in court, in the first palce? I'm pleased to see the "court" finally has some respect for tradition and the will of the people!
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06-15-2004, 02:51 PM
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the court didn't really rule on the Pledge, just the fathers lack of authority to act for his daughter, there by nullifying the 9th Circus Court ruling by a technicality. it can happen again, just you wait.
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06-16-2004, 09:38 AM
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Yes Rufus, there it goes.
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06-16-2004, 10:17 AM
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i think they just postponed the eventual ruling, by not hearing it. some numb nuts will bring it back. just to get his 15 min of fame.
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