Question - Was the ruling that they need to take out "under god" or just that making the kids say the pledge is unconstitutional?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Howie Hamlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 6:40 AM Subject: Scholars Expect Pledge Ruling Reversal > SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court panel drew outrage from across the political spectrum by ruling that it is > unconstitutuional for classrooms to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, but the decision may not last for long. > Some legal scholars say the ruling will likely either be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court or reversed by the full > 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. > > "I would bet an awful lot on that," Harvard University scholar Laurence Tribe said. > > Wednesday's ruling was in response to an atheist's bid to keep his second-grade daughter from being exposed to religion > in school. In a 2-1 decision in favor of Michael Newdow, the panel took issue with the words "under God" in the pledge. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53769-2002Jun27.html > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
