'Under God' To Stay in Pledge
The Supreme Court has ruled that for now, the words "one nation under God" will remain in the Pledge of Allegiance. The decision was based on the father's lack of standing to assert the rights of his daughter because he didn't have custody of her and therefore was not her legal representative:
The court said the atheist could not sue to ban the pledge from his daughter's school and others because he did not have legal authority to speak for her. The father, Michael Newdow, is in a protracted custody fight with the girl's mother. He does not have sufficient custody of the child to qualify as her legal representative, eight members of the court said. Justice Antonin Scalia did not participate in the case.
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