-Caveat Lector- "I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all."
visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:13:07 -0800 (PST) From: Book Boy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [JBirch] Court refuses to reconsider Pledge ruling Write your congressmen and recommend impeachment. I'm doing it right now. Ray --- Paul Blumstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31295 > > LAW OF THE LAND > Court refuses to reconsider Pledge ruling > Maintains decision that 'under God' an unconstitutional endorsement > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Posted: February 28, 2003 > 3:45 p.m. Eastern > > > © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com > > The Pledge of Allegiance is an unconstitutional endorsement of God, > a > federal appeals court reaffirmed today in its rejection of the Bush > > administration's request to reconsider its controversial decision. > > The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, a > three-judge > panel, ruled 2-1 last June that the Pledge is unconstitutional when > > recited in public classrooms. > > The case could now go to the Supreme Court. A Justice Department > spokesman said no decision had been made about an appeal, according > > to the Associated Press. > > Ron Barrier, communications director for the nonprofit American > Atheists, said that if the Bush administration seeks to keep the > case > alive by demanding a Supreme Court hearing, "it is squandering > public > tax money on behalf of sectarian religion." > > "The Pledge should be something that brings Americans together, and > > doesn't divide us on the basis of religious belief or disbelief," > said Barrier in a statement. > > Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the American Center for Law and > Justice, expressed disappointment with the decision. > > "This is a very troubling development and one that cannot go > unchallenged," said Sekulow in a statement. "By refusing to rehear > the case, the federal appeals court bolstered what was already a > legally flawed decision concerning the constitutionality of the > phrase 'One nation under God.' Unfortunately, the appeals court > refused to consider any friend-of-the-court brief in the matter - > including our brief representing 17 members of Congress." > > Sekulow vowed to "work aggressively" to persuade the Supreme Court > to > take up the case. > > Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow brought the original lawsuit as a > > challenge to the 1954 decision by Congress to add the words "under > God" to the pledge. The federal court decided Newdow's 8-year-old > daughter should not be subjected to the words at her public school, > > arguing that the phrase was an endorsement of God, forbidden by the > > Constitution within a governmental entity. > > The decision would prevent public schoolchildren from reciting the > pledge in the nine western states covered by the San Francisco > court, > which some criticize as the nation's most liberal. The court's > jurisdiction covers Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, > Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. > > President Bush and Congress strongly condemned the decision. > > In the circuit court opinion, Judge Alfred Goodwin wrote that > Newdow > claimed his daughter is injured when she is compelled to "watch and > > listen as her state-employed teacher in her state-run school leads > her classmates in a ritual proclaiming that there is a God, and > that > ours is 'one nation under God.'" > > "I consider it injury to have government force dogma down the > throats > of little children," Newdow told WND shortly after the ruling. > > In his complaint, Newdow argued the government's use of the words > "under God" infringes upon his right to "inculcate in his daughter > ... the atheistic beliefs he finds persuasive." > > However, the lawsuit later became embroiled in a custody dispute > between Newdow and his daughter's mother, Sandra Banning, who > maintains that her daughter is not harmed by reciting the pledge > and > is not opposed to God. > > As WorldNetDaily reported, Newdow's daughter voluntarily recites > the > Pledge and told her mother upon hearing of the court ruling that > she > would "whisper 'one nation under God' and no one will hear her and > know she is breaking the law." > > Banning, the girl's sole legal custodian, has hired attorneys to > ensure the reputation of her daughter is protected throughout the > Pledge battle and has set up a defense fund to cover the cost. > > "I was concerned that the American public would be led to believe > that my daughter is an atheist or that she has been harmed by > reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, including the words, 'one nation > > under God,'" Banning said in a statement released to members of > Congress and obtained by WND. "In our home, we are practicing > Christians and are active in our church," she said. > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > The opinions expressed on this forum are those of the authors of > the articles posted. The John Birch Society has no responsibility > for anything that is posted on this forum. The OFFICIAL John Birch > Society web page is a www.jbs.org "Look alike" clone pages, run by > others, violate JBS policy. Visit The New American at > www.thenewamerican.com > > "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do > nothing." > > Edmund Burke 1729-1797 > > "Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those > who still have swords." > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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