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Two Texas teenagers are separately suing their schools for their right to sit through the Pledge of Allegiance in protest. Texas high school students sue to protest pledge of allegiance Skip to ...
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Alexandre, No. 05-81142 (S.D. Fla. May 31, 2006), "A federal district court in Florida ruled that a 1942 state law requiring students to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, even though the law allows students to opt out, because they can only do so with written ...
Rio Linda Union School District (also known as Newdow v. Carey ), Nos. 05–17257, 05–17344, and 06–15093, was a United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision that upheld the constitutionality of the teacher-led recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance by students in public schools.
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.
A parent had complained about LaVallee's lack of patriotism, specifically his refusal to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. LaVallee was fired at the end of the 2018-19 school year.
Minersville School District v. Gobitis, 310 U.S. 586 (1940), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States restricting the religious rights of public school students under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.