Supreme Court Chickens Out On Pledge Case

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He he he. They decided the case on standing, not the issue everybody wanted. Here's a link. case


It looks to me like there were some votes to overturn the pledge but they thought it would be too radical. Interesting dissent by Thomas who kind of backs up the 9th Circuit by saying that the relevant Supreme Court cases mean that having kids say the pledge in public schools is unconstitutional, but those cases are wrong. Oh well, a no decision is better than a wrong decision. Thomas's analysis looks problematic if adoped in the future. I will have to read it more carefully.