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02-28-2003, 09:05 PM
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Court Won't Reconsider Pledge Decision
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Michael Newdow talks to reporters about his lawsuit that prompted a federal appeals court to declare the the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional, June 27, 2002, outside his home in Sacramento, Calif. A federal appeals court Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, rejected the Bush administration's request to reconsider its decision that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional because of the phrase ``under God.'' The ruling means the case could go to the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
February 28, 2003 06:43 PM EST
SAN FRANCISCO - Rebuffing the Bush administration, a federal appeals court Friday refused to reconsider its ruling that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional because of the words "under God."
The case could go next to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The lawsuit later became a parental rights case that pitted Newdow against the girl's mother, Sandra Banning.
In response to the court's original ruling, Banning asserted that her daughter is not harmed by reciting the pledge and is not opposed to God. But the court said Newdow had legal standing to bring the case on behalf of his daughter.
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Just remember all of this the next time a federal appeals or district court nominee comes before the Senate.
Court Won't Reconsider Pledge Decision
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Michael Newdow talks to reporters about his lawsuit that prompted a federal appeals court to declare the the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional, June 27, 2002, outside his home in Sacramento, Calif. A federal appeals court Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, rejected the Bush administration's request to reconsider its decision that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional because of the phrase ``under God.'' The ruling means the case could go to the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
February 28, 2003 06:43 PM EST
SAN FRANCISCO - Rebuffing the Bush administration, a federal appeals court Friday refused to reconsider its ruling that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional because of the words "under God."
The case could go next to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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More at http://start.earthlink.net/newsarticle?cat=6&aid=228064100_5302_lead_story
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The lawsuit later became a parental rights case that pitted Newdow against the girl's mother, Sandra Banning.
In response to the court's original ruling, Banning asserted that her daughter is not harmed by reciting the pledge and is not opposed to God. But the court said Newdow had legal standing to bring the case on behalf of his daughter.
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Just remember all of this the next time a federal appeals or district court nominee comes before the Senate.