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| Newdow v. Carey |
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| Argued December 4, 2007 |
Newdow v. Carey (also known as Newdow v. Rio Linda Union School District), Nos. 05-17257, 05-17344, and 06-15093, is a case pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. It is an appeal from the Eastern District of California, which ruled that the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public school is unconstitutional based on the Ninth Circuit's ruling that the words "under God" violate the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution in Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow in 2004. That case was later appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court and overturned on an issue of standing.
In the new case, the plaintiffs are three unnamed families. The defendants are Rio Linda Union School District, the United States as a Defendant-Intervenor and a group of defendant-intervenors, including lead intervenor John Carey, seeking to preserve the current wording of the Pledge. The private defendant-intervenors are represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. The Court of Appeals consolidated the defendants' three different appeals for briefing and argument.1
The Court heard oral argument in the case on December 4, 2007 where the petitioner Michael Newdow argued for plaintiffs. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Gregory Katsas argued for the United States, Terence Cassidy argued for the Rio Linda Union School District, and Kevin Hasson of the Becket Fund argued for the private intervenor-defendants. A decision is expected by the end of 2008.2
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- Oral Argument
- RestoreThePledge.com Mike Newdow's Restore the Pledge website
- Court Documents in the "Under God" Cases
- Becket Fund Opening and Reply Briefs on behalf of Defendant-Intervenors
- Secular Society for America Amicus Briefs
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