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Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, 542 U.S. 1 (2004), was a case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. [1] The lawsuit, originally filed as Newdow v. United States Congress, Elk Grove Unified School District, et al. in 2000, led to a 2002 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance are an endorsement of ...
On June 21, 2000, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled the Pledge of Allegiance constitutional in the case of Newdow v. Elk Grove Unified School District. Michael Newdow, a prominent atheist who filed suit on behalf of his daughter, promised to appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Michael Arthur Newdow (born June 24, 1953) is an American attorney and emergency medicine physician.He is best known for his efforts to have recitations of the current version of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools in the United States declared unconstitutional because of its inclusion of the phrase "under God".
The Sacramento Bee obtained the settlement agreement from a California Public Records Act request. Sacramento County, Elk Grove district paid settlement to deputies for alleged racism Skip to main ...
In reaction to the case, Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, both houses of Congress passed measures reaffirming their support for the pledge and condemning the panel's ruling. [50] The case was appealed to the Supreme Court, which overturned the ruling in 2004 on procedural grounds not related to the substantive constitutional issue.
California officials announced a settlement with Elk Grove that requires the city to identify sites for low-income housing and pay the state's legal fees.
Elk Grove agreed to pay the state $150,000 and to provide reports on affordable housing applications, following lawsuit settlement.
Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (2004). The Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion, reversed a United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision that the words “ under God ” in the Pledge of Allegiance violated the First Amendment due to a lack of standing.