From the
AP
Judge: School Pledge Is Unconstitutional By DAVID KRAVETS, Associated
Press Writer 12 minutes agoReciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools was ruled
unconstitutional Wednesday by a federal judge who granted legal standing to
two families represented by an atheist who lost his previous battle before
the U.S. Supreme Court.U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton ruled that the pledge’s reference to
one nation “under God” violates school children’s right to be “free from a
coercive requirement to affirm God.”Karlton said he was bound by precedent of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals, which in 2002 ruled in favor of Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow
that the pledge is unconstitutional when recited in public schools.
Makes you wonder if Delay will be calling for more violence against
“activist” judges. This will make for an ugly fight.