Plano, TX- Today, the Supreme Court issued their decision in the Pledge of Allegiance case, overruling the Ninth Circuit’s decision banning students’ rights to say the phrase, “one nation, under God,” when reciting the pledge in school.
“This is a victory for the country. What is outrageous is that this case was even being considered. While this is a win for now – the true outrage is that the extremists, like the ACLU, will be back…and we will be waiting for them,” said Kelly Shackelford, Chief Counsel with Liberty Legal Institute.
The decision by the Supreme Court Justices held that a California father could not sue to ban the pledge because he does not have legal authority to speak on her behalf due to custody reasons. The Court’s ruling overturns the Ninth Circuit’s decision from over two years that declared it unconstitutional to say the words, “one nation, under God” in public schools.
“Public acknowledgement of God is just the kind of resistance, a spiritual resistance, that aids every citizen in resisting the atheist drive to turn every person into the mindless, willing subject of the secular state,” said Hiram Sasser, Director of Litigation with Liberty Legal Institute.
Mr. Shackelford just last week testified at a Judiciary’s Committee hearing on the Pledge of Allegiance and hostility to religion in the public square.