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17 Feb 8:52 pm
Jay Wexler has a post below discussing how Michael Newdow will be doing the theme song for his book
-- am I crazy to wonder what that means? -- and asking what people think of him. For me, it brought back ... in God." Not your ordinary oral argument. And I think that's what made the
oral argument: the obvious hurt below the surface of Newdow's presentation, the obvious fact that he was unavoidably a religious minority, and
the obvious incompatibility between the Pledge and his religious beliefs. It ...
5 Dec, 2007 11:38 am
"I want to be treated equally," said Michael Newdow yesterday, as he argued 2 cases consecutively to
a 9th Circuit panel. He's the atheist who challenged "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance around the time of the ... said. "The government has no compelling interest to put a slogan
on a dollar bill." I'm almost certain that if the 9th Circuit agrees with Newdow, the Supreme Court will accept the generic "God" that has
become such a familiar presence in the Pledge and on the coins. There will be ...
31 Dec, 2008 10:22 am
Getty Images Mike Newdow speaks to the media after arguing his case before the Supreme Court March 24, 2004 in Washington, DC. Photo: Getty
Images ... "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" - might remember Michael Newdow. He's the California atheist who unsuccessfully challenged the use of the words "under ... phrase by offering the words himself, that would amount to a
"state actor" endorsing religion, Newdow asserts. UCLA's Eugene Volokh, for one, doesn't seem to like ...
29 Dec, 2008 10:12 pm
Prof. Howard Friedman (Religion Clause) has details, including links to the complaint and its Appendices. Newdow -- who filed the lawsuit
against the use of "under God" in the Pledge...
15 Dec, 2008 6:45 am
A release from the Thomas More Law Center last week reported that a California state trial court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit that activist Michael Newdow had filed against Reverend Austin Miles. Newdow is best
known for his lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance containing the words "under God." Newdow's defamation suit
arose out of two website postings by Miles in 2002 accusing Newdow of lying to the courts about the ...
19 Jan, 2005 3:44 am
[JURIST] FOX News is reporting that the US Supreme Court has rejected Michael Newdow's bid for an
injunction banning prayer at the Presidential inaugural ceremonies January 20th. Newdow asked the Court to intervene [JURIST report] after US
District Judge John Bates denied Newdow's original petition [JURIST report] in a ruling [PDF text] Friday, saying that he was not likely to
succeed on the
19 Jul, 2005 1:59 am
[JURIST] Michael Newdow's latest challenge that "under God" is unconstitutional was narrowed by US
District Judge Lawrence Karlton [official profile] in Sacramento on Monday. After the US Supreme Court dismissed his lawsuit [JURIST report] against the Pledge of Alliance for lack of
standing last June, Michael Newdow promised to file a similar suit [JURIST report] with different
plaintiffs.
3 Nov, 2007 2:27 pm
In 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court held that atheist Michael Newdow, as a non-custodial parent, lacked
standing to bring a case that challenged the inclusion of the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance recited each day in his daughter's school. Now, hoping to avoid standing
issues, Newdow (who is a lawyer) has filed a suit in New Hampshire federal district court on behalf of a couple identified only as "Jan and Pat
Doe," an atheist and an ...
13 Nov, 2007 2:06 am
Matthew Heller at On Point News reports that Michael Newdow, the lawyer who brought a challenge to
the inclusion of "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is taking another shot at the issue. His earlier attempt was successful until it reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which
determined that Newdow did not have standing [...]
24 Mar, 2004 1:29 pm
Atheist Michael Newdow called the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance an unconstitutional
indoctrination of children contrary to the Establishment Clause, but oral arguments by other parties before the Supreme Court Wednesday challenged his standing to bring the case in the
first place. Terence Cassidy, attorney for Newdow's daughter's school district, told the court that the "
9 Jan 3:26 am
... of "so help me God" in the oath at Barack Obama's upcoming inauguration. The suit on behalf of 40 individuals and organizations, including activist Michael Newdow, was filed last week in federal district court in the District of Columbia. (See prior posting.) A
hearing is scheduled for next week. (See prior posting.) The brief argues: Prayers and oaths invoking God have been incorporated into public inaugural ...
7 May, 2008 11:32 am
Education Week's School Law Blog provides coverage of Senator McCain's comments about Michael Newdow's constitutional challenge to the Pledge of Allegiance. McCain was delivering a speech at Wake Forest University about his views on the federal
judiciary. He offered this...
21 Mar, 2003 11:09 am
[JURIST] Michael Newdow, the plaintiff in the US Ninth Circuit Pledge of Allegiance cases opposed to
"under God", spoke recently at Duke Law School. Watch recorded video of his lecture, now online from Duke Law School.
14 Jan, 2005 8:01 am
[JURIST] FOX News is reporting that after hearing arguments [JURIST report] in a case seeking to prevent a prayer at President Bush's upcoming inauguration, US District Judge John Bates
has rejected the challenge of plaintiff Michael Newdow [JURIST Newsmaker]. Read the opinion here
[PDF]. 4:48 PM ET - FOX News now has a story here.
4 Dec, 2007 6:04 am
Michael A. Newdow will argue two appeals today before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit: And one of the judges on the three-judge panel that will hear and decide both appeals joined in the Ninth Circuit's previous decision holding that it's unconstitutional to
include "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance when spoken in public school. Today's appeals challenge not only that aspect of the Pledge but also the use of "In God We Trust" on money
and as this Nation's motto. ...
5 Dec, 2007 11:30 am
You can now access online the audio files of yesterday's two church-state oral arguments that Michael A. Newdow presented before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: I previewed these oral arguments and identified the three
judges on the panel in this detailed post from Saturday. You can download the oral argument audio in the "In God We Trust" case via this ...
20 Jun, 2008 12:21 am
... forma pauperis petition from a pro se litigant, the Justices appoint counsel. Only extremely rarely do clients represent themselves in the Supreme Court. (The last one I recall is
Michael Newdow, who argued for himself in the Pledge of Allegiance case, but Newdow has a law degree.) No doubt that's because the Justices understand that appellate argument in their Court has numerous highly technical dimensions, for
which legal training is essential to ...
14 Jan 12:39 pm
Reverend Michael Newdow, an atheist and inexplicably a minister (isn't that an oxymoron?) of the
church of First Atheist Church of True Science (FACTS), wants church and state separated. He's the one who sued ... Answers (along with others) and filed this Opposition to the Motion
for an Injunction. Essentially, the Opposition and the Answers challenge the Motion on the basis that Newdow doesn't have standing. The matter
is pending before the DC federal court. Newdow has lost these arguments before, ...
28 Feb, 2007 4:32 am
... , Northwestern University School of Law) Featuring: Mr. Kevin J. Hasson - Becket Fund for Religious Liberty Rev. Dr. Michael
Newdow - Restore our Pledge of Allegiance Moderated by: David McIntosh - Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw 7:30 p.m ... : Marriage, Public Policy,
and the Constitution (Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law) Featuring: Prof. Louis Michael Seidman - Georgetown University
Prof. Amy Wax - University of Pennsylvania Moderated by: Judge Diane S. Sykes - United States ...
30 Dec, 2008 1:41 am
Eugene Volokh posts about Michael Newdow's latest effort to separate church and state.
Newdow last sought to eliminate "under God" from the pledge of allegiance. He now seeks to preclude Chief Justice Roberts from ...
long-standing but irrational tradition of invoking religion. We aren't that persuaded by precedent that irrational connections are the equal of sound logic. But Newdow's other point about the oath of office is a very powerful one. There is no reason why Obama, as a human being elected ...
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