The pledge case... is a mess!

Fri Mar 26 2004 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

A great Slate article by Dahlia Lithwick "One Nation, Under Hallmark, Indivisible - Is the God of the Pledge of Allegiance a deity or a greeting card?". The closing quote is a gem:

This case is a mess, and not just because of the underlying custody issue, and not just because of the 11,000 outrageous "tests" the court has cooked up for Establishment Clause cases, and not just because of the serious possibility that it all ends in a 4-4 tie. The case is a mess because, whatever you may think about God or the pledge, if you really apply the case law and really think "God" means "God," then Newdow is right. But Newdow can't be right. Can he?

Note that this guy Newdow is representing himself at the Supreme Court!

Posted by joebeone at Marzo 26, 2004 04:08 PM | TrackBack