The Pledge of Allegiance and God are outlawed in California!
Michelle Malkin has the news. Now I am admittedly no lawyer, but I have a question: Given the following...
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.
The Supreme Court dismissed the case last year, saying Newdow lacked standing because he did not have custody of his elementary school daughter he sued on behalf of.
... why is Judge Karlton relying on the precedent of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and ignoring the fact that the very same precedent was invalidated when the Supreme Court dismissed that case last year?
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For the President and his judicial nominees, this couldn't have been timed any better.
Posted by: Nickie Goomba | September 14, 2005 03:39 PM
Yah, if you thought the Dems in the Senate were defenseless in their battle of wits with the soon-to-be new Chief Justice, you just had to wait for Judge Karlton to come riding in on his white stallion to show 'em how a real liberal saves the Republic. What a fool.
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September 14, 2005 07:59 PM