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Re: Fed. Judge Declares "Pledge of Allegiance" Unconstitutional
Does this mean that the State of Idaho is in conflict with the Federal
Government regarding the schools? Will the schools in Moscow have to now
be instructed to not recite the pledge for fear of violation of a newly
created Federal law by the Federal courts?
Idaho Code § 33-1602
All elementary and secondary schools are required to provide instruction in the
Constitution of the United States. The State Board of Education adopts materials and
determines the grades in which instruction must be given. Instruction must also be given
in the proper use of the American flag, the recitation of the pledge of allegiance, the
national anthem, and "America".
John Harrell
--- John Harrell <johnbharrell@yahoo.com> wrote:
> A federal appeals court, The 9th U.S. Circuit Court, ruled today that
> the Pledge of Allegiance is an unconstitutional endorsement of religion
> and cannot be recited in schools.
>
> In case someone hasn't heard about this yet, I thought I would share this
> with everyone here at Vision2020.
>
> Filed June 26, 2002
>
> The actual opinion is here, and is in .pdf format:
>
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/FE05EEE79C2A97B688256BE3007FEE32/$file/0016423.pdf?openelement
>
> Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Newdow argues that the
> addition of these words by a 1954 federal statute to the previ-ous
> version of the Pledge of Allegiance (which made no reference
> to God) and the daily recitation in the classroom of the
> Pledge of Allegiance, with the added words included, by his
> daughter's public school teacher are violations of the Establishment
> Clause of the First Amendment to the United States
> Constitution.
>
> Newdow is an atheist whose daughter attends public elementary
> school in the Elk Grove Unified School District
> ("EGUSD") in California. In accordance with state law and a
> school district rule, EGUSD teachers begin each school day
> by leading their students in a recitation of the Pledge of
> Allegiance ("the Pledge").
>
>
>
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