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One Branch Among Three: The courts should not be so powerful -- and they don't have to be.
Pity Alfred Goodwin. The judge has been vilified from coast to coast for ruling that it's unconstitutional to force schoolkids to listen to the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. The words "wacko," "stupid," "ridiculous," and "just nuts" have all been applied, either to the decision or to the judge himself. Except for Judge Stephen Reinhardt, who voted with him, almost nobody seems to be on Goodwin's side. Even the ACLU has been uncharacteristically quiet in its support for him. After a day of criticism, Goodwin felt moved to stay the implementation of his own decision as a matter of (in his words) "damage control."
Goodwin and Reinhardt deserve ...
- U.S. Supreme Court Dismisses Pledge Challenge.
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) June 15, 2004 700+ words
...15--The U.S. Supreme Court preserved the Pledge of Allegiance in public...s governors. The Supreme Court decision means the pledge will continue to be...disagree about the pledge. The Supreme Court rejected Newdow's...
- Korean Supreme Court Finds Criminal Breach Of Fiduciary Duty In LBO Pledge Of...
- News wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing Lee, Keun Byung December 11, 2006 700+ words
...maintaining the initial pledge over Target shares...intermediate court, the Supreme Court dismissed the evident...at the time of the pledge: The purpose was...officers who approve the pledge. In a sense, the Supreme Court decision is not a...
- Supreme Court to hear case on wording of Pledge of Allegiance.(The Hartford...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service MacDonald, John A. March 21, 2004 700+ words
...Americans have recited the pledge with the two words that...patriotic fervor, the Supreme Court is about to consider...under God" from the pledge for the first time since...old addition to the pledge amounts to government...overwhelming opposition at the Supreme Court. After ...
- One nation, divided: Supreme Court to rule on controversial pledge case.(News...
- Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication November 14, 2003 700+ words
...on hold while the Supreme Court makes the final judgment: Is the pledge a public prayer...In 1940, the Supreme Court ruled in Minersville...flag and say the Pledge of Allegiance regardless...religious beliefs. The Supreme Court overturned that...
- Supreme Court to hear case on wording of Pledge of Allegiance.
- Newspaper article from: Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT) March 21, 2004 700+ words
...Americans have recited the pledge with the two words that...patriotic fervor, the Supreme Court is about to consider...under God" from the pledge for the first time since...old addition to the pledge amounts to government...overwhelming opposition at the Supreme Court. After ...
- Supreme Court will hear pledge case.(News)(California teacher-led recitation of...
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century November 1, 2003 700+ words
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a...under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance next year...that recitation of the pledge in public schools is...implementation pending the Supreme Court's action in the case...be removed from the pledge. However, they did...
- Rookie lawyer wows the crowd in Supreme Court pledge case.
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) March 24, 2004 700+ words
...at the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday morning...God" from the Pledge of Allegiance...banish the current pledge from public schools...chambers of the Supreme Court _ an exercise that...quest to change the pledge, also complimented...passion today in Supreme Court as ...
- Rookie lawyer wows the crowd in Supreme Court pledge case.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Puzzanghera, Jim March 24, 2004 700+ words
...at the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday morning...God" from the Pledge of Allegiance...banish the current pledge from public schools...chambers of the Supreme Court _ an exercise that...quest to change the pledge, also complimented...passion today in Supreme Court as ...
Source: HighBeam Research, One Branch Among Three: The courts should not be so powerful -- and...