The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel upholds "In God We Trust" on coins & curre
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Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance
(AP) – 5 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional.
In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected arguments by Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow that the phrase violates the separation between church and state.
Newdow's previous lawsuit against the pledge in public schools reached the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004. But the high court said he didn't have the legal standing to make the challenge on behalf of his daughter.
So Newdow, who is a doctor and lawyer, filed a similar challenge on behalf of other parents who objected to their children being required to recite "under God."
In a separate ruling Thursday, the appeals court also upheld the use of the phrase "In God We Trust" on coins and currency.
Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Bloomberg
Leave my coins alone, Michael Newdow!!
Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance
(AP) – 5 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional.
In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected arguments by Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow that the phrase violates the separation between church and state.
Newdow's previous lawsuit against the pledge in public schools reached the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004. But the high court said he didn't have the legal standing to make the challenge on behalf of his daughter.
So Newdow, who is a doctor and lawyer, filed a similar challenge on behalf of other parents who objected to their children being required to recite "under God."
In a separate ruling Thursday, the appeals court also upheld the use of the phrase "In God We Trust" on coins and currency.
Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Bloomberg
Leave my coins alone, Michael Newdow!!
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Ed. S.
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--Severian the Lame
I am pleased (and a bit surprised) that it didn't go the other way.
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<< <i>In Broccoli We Trust does have a better ring to it. >>
I think they're about equally silly.
--Severian the Lame
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P.S. Oh ye of little faith! Thou must rely upon an "activist" jurist to validate your faith?
Seems to me the true faithful don't need assurance from the Govmint, Justices or slogans on coins and in the Pledge of allegiance.
Somehow, I see people who chant "USA...USA...USA..." chanting to themselves "YOU GO JESUS!.
JMHO.
Cheers!
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I wish you luck, but if they could not get it throught the ninth I would not hold my breath. I hope I will not see this in my lifetime.
<< <i>It's a good motto, even if some are no longer part of a Christian nation. >>
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<< <i>Oy Vey! Ven Vere Ve a Christian Nation? >>
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<< <i>It's a good motto, even if some are no longer part of a Christian nation. >>
Huh. Well I'll take my place with the great Americans who lived before its use in the 1860s: Washington. Jefferson. Adams. Madison. Hamilton. They might have been rebels and trouble-makers. But I think they were pretty swell.
--Severian the Lame
Zeus?
Venus?
Mars?
Brahman?
Vishnu?
Allah?
Ra?
Isis?
I find nothing wrong with the motto whatsoever and fully understand that it is not directed at any one religion but in the freedon to choose whatever beliefs those that live in this country may feel the need for.
The name is LEE!
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<< <i>It's a good motto, even if some are no longer part of a Christian nation. >>
Huh. Well I'll take my place with the great Americans who lived before its use in the 1860s: Washington. Jefferson. Adams. Madison. Hamilton. They might have been rebels and trouble-makers. But I think they were pretty swell.
You'd have been eaten alive back then.
We, as a nation of people are free, like Lee says... "to choose".
People tying up the courts with this stuff really need a better life.
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<< <i> People tying up the courts with this stuff really need a better life. >>
They have no purpose in life other than creating havoc for everyone else. Every time that nut case goes to court, the founding fathers must roll over in their graves. At least this was a victory for America, although it happens much less every day.
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<< <i>It's a good motto, even if some are no longer part of a Christian nation. >>
Huh. Well I'll take my place with the great Americans who lived before its use in the 1860s: Washington. Jefferson. Adams. Madison. Hamilton. They might have been rebels and trouble-makers. But I think they were pretty swell.
You'd have been eaten alive back then.
I can see Weiss having dinner with our founders....
Weiss: George can you pass the bread.
George: Sure... here's some roast beef as well.
Weiss: Oh... I don't eat meat.
George: huh?
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<< <i> People tying up the courts with this stuff really need a better life. >>
They have no purpose in life other than creating havoc for everyone else. Every time that nut case goes to court, the founding fathers must roll over in their graves. At least this was a victory for America, although it happens much less every day. >>
Actually, they would probably have rolled over in joy since this is the primary purpose behind the nation. Freedom to contest without fear of retribution from tyrannical leaders. Make the same claims back in the days when the colonies were under the King of England and death would have been either through witch trials, treason or heresy laws. All without due process.
Yes some of these suits seem totally ridiculous but the ridiculous is sometimes necessary to temper the ideals the country was built on. Liberty and freedom from oppression and tyranny.
The name is LEE!
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<< <i>The founding fathers would be more disgusted with the designs on today's coinage than anything else. >>
+1.
Washington in particular was noted for his disapproval of turning public political figures into royalty; this was also demonstrated by his virtually unprecedented stepping down from power after two terms when he could have been like a king -- "president for life." I suspect many of the founders would be dismayed to see that we have created royalty on our coins rather than having the allegorical concept of liberty be greater than any individual.
We have to ask 2 ?'s. What are we saying about us as a country and to whom and second who is the "we" in god we trust, The government or the people or some homogenization of the two? While no one persons opinion or will represents the say of a democratic people as a whole it often falls on issues like this that the "magic space men" side will fall on the pro side and the skeptics, disbelievers and the progressives will say that it should come off.
While people complain about activist judges on both sides, our system of ruling has its merits as galvanizing issues would never pass a vote one way or another as on 50%-%50 issues (more or less) it is political suicide to vote either way if you have an election in your future. While the motto has little merit towards the fact the words we and trust are loosely definable at best it also should be noted that it does little harm as some people suggest as the term god also has the ability to be self defined by each and every individual. If you don't like what the phrase means to him/her have it taken a different way internally. And for the people who think it is a rally cry for Jesus, they would find a different reason to hate Americans if it was removed so that’s not the best reason to do it.
My whole point is issues like this do more harm to us as a people acting like divisive wedges then sorting out any worthwhile political direction because at the end of the day people don't care what is on the coins unless other people are talking about them and then they feel the need to pick a side till people stop talking about them. If we are going to start a national dialog how about an issue that has a little more merit then a motto on a coin. Seems like a silly thing to pick a fight with your country men over to me.
<< <i>People tying up the courts with this stuff really need a better life.
They have no purpose in life other than creating havoc for everyone else. Every time that nut case goes to court, the founding fathers must roll over in their graves. At least this was a victory for America, although it happens much less every day.
Actually, they would probably have rolled over in joy since this is the primary purpose behind the nation. Freedom to contest without fear of retribution from tyrannical leaders. Make the same claims back in the days when the colonies were under the King of England and death would have been either through witch trials, treason or heresy laws. All without due process.
Yes some of these suits seem totally ridiculous but the ridiculous is sometimes necessary to temper the ideals the country was built on. Liberty and freedom from oppression and tyranny. >>
Regarding "the founding fathers" and "the ideals the country was built on," wasn't it the founding fathers who drafted the Declaration of Independence and doesn't the Declaration embody those ideals? This is what the Declaration of Independence states:
"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." (Emphasis added.)
It seems to me, the ideals of the founding fathers included a belief in a "Creator" known as "God," and if those ideals were important enough to be included in the formation document of the United States, I think it's fair for such a reference to remain on our coinage and currency. Maybe the next stop for those opposed would be to file a suit to allow them to take some white-out to the Declaration and remove the offending words there too, or, at a minimum, remove that offensive document from public display.
<< <i>Sounds like an "activist" Judge ruling to me.
In California, that's definitely an activist judge!
My quick take is I'm not totally against it but I do think it clutters the coins and other than the historical aspect don't think it should currently be there.
AMENDMENT I.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free excercize thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
i'd like to know how many reams of paper, how many words and how many hours of oratory chest-thumping have been directed at interpreting those 16 words.
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<< <i> People tying up the courts with this stuff really need a better life. >>
They have no purpose in life other than creating havoc for everyone else. Every time that nut case goes to court, the founding fathers must roll over in their graves. At least this was a victory for America, although it happens much less every day. >>
Actually, they would probably have rolled over in joy since this is the primary purpose behind the nation. Freedom to contest without fear of retribution from tyrannical leaders. Make the same claims back in the days when the colonies were under the King of England and death would have been either through witch trials, treason or heresy laws. All without due process.
Yes some of these suits seem totally ridiculous but the ridiculous is sometimes necessary to temper the ideals the country was built on. Liberty and freedom from oppression and tyranny. >>
Yes, but the English method of loser pays should be adopted. Why should the taxpayers cover the defense against nuts?
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<< <i>Yes, but the English method of loser pays should be adopted. >>
The poor would be shut out of the court system. They should have just as much access as anyone else.
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
<< <i>Which God would that be we're putting our Trust in?
Zeus?
Venus?
Mars?
Brahman?
Vishnu?
Allah?
Ra?
Isis?
I find nothing wrong with the motto whatsoever and fully understand that it is not directed at any one religion but in the freedon to choose whatever beliefs those that live in this country may feel the need for. >>
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Would the court consider 'in Allah we Trust' as non-religious?
Doubt it.
Note, though, that the use of the singular can be interpreted to mean that "WE" don't "TRUST" "IN" polytheism.)
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<< <i>In Global Warming We Trust might please smoe people. >>
The smoe people strikes again !
<< <i>Which God would that be we're putting our Trust in?
Zeus?
Venus?
Mars?
Brahman?
Vishnu?
Allah?
Ra?
Isis?
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You forgot one:
Lady Luck.
<< <i>In Debt we Trust is more like it.
You mean "In Debt We Bust":
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<< <i>The founding fathers would be more disgusted with the designs on today's coinage than anything else. >>
+1.
Washington in particular was noted for his disapproval of turning public political figures into royalty; this was also demonstrated by his virtually unprecedented stepping down from power after two terms when he could have been like a king -- "president for life." I suspect many of the founders would be dismayed to see that we have created royalty on our coins rather than having the allegorical concept of liberty be greater than any individual. >>
Yes, it is actually an insult to Washington to put his likeness on the dollar bill.
He explicitly did not want to be depicted on legal tender.
If they ever get rid of the "In God We Trust" motto, they should replace it with "America Kicks Ass".
It's short, sweet, and to the point.
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<< <i>We, as a nation of people are free, like Lee says... "to choose". >>
Except, of course, when we are not.
60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
<< <i>In Debt we Trust is more like it.
I prefer "In Gold We Trust".
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>Which God would that be we're putting our Trust in?
Zeus?
Venus?
Mars?
Brahman?
Vishnu?
Allah?
Ra?
Isis?
I find nothing wrong with the motto whatsoever and fully understand that it is not directed at any one religion but in the freedon to choose whatever beliefs those that live in this country may feel the need for. >>
But those of us who aren't superstitious do find something wrong with the motto. And we'll get it removed. Eventually.
--Severian the Lame
My vote would be to either eliminate the IN god WE TRUST off money or at the very least make GOD lower case.
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<< <i>It's a good motto, even if some are no longer part of a Christian nation. >>
Huh. Well I'll take my place with the great Americans who lived before its use in the 1860s: Washington. Jefferson. Adams. Madison. Hamilton. They might have been rebels and trouble-makers. But I think they were pretty swell.
You'd have been eaten alive back then.
Some things never change.